Health

Maruf Ahmed Members and activity participants at Age UK based in Caxton Hall, Bow recently attended an information session to become Dementia Friends. The lunchtime awareness programme in partnership with Malmesbury Community Projects (MCP) a grassroots charity organisation for the ...

SOME BATCHES of Asda own brand Dauphinoise Potatoes have been found to contain cauliflower cheese. The potato dish does not usually contain gluten – but the cauliflower cheese does. As a result of the error, there is no mention on ...

Emdad Rahman For the first event of the 2019 season Tough Mudder has headed to North London for 5 kilometres of awesome obstacles and epic teamwork. Abdal and I decided to really go wild on Friday night by travelling over ...

Emdad Rahman Want to learn to ride or improve your cycle skills? Join a female only bike project on Sunday mornings. The meeting point is The Royal Foundation of St Katharine, with sessions usually taking place at Limehouse Basin. The ...

HEALTH SERVICE users and workers have been campaigning to stop Barts NHS Trust – which runs five major hospitals across East London – from running a “hostile environment” for migrants. The “hostile environment” is a strategy developed by the Conservative ...

Emdad Rahman On Wednesday, 10th October Dagenham88 Runners held a #runandtalk event to mark World Mental Health Day. A large group turned up for a brisk two mile walk and a friendly chat along the way.  Headed by the Club’s ...

Emdad Rahman DAGENHAM 88 RUNNERS are pleased to be involved in England Athletics #runandtalk campaign, with a focus on raising awareness of mental wellbeing. Louise Chappell, Lynne Northcott and Rosina Salmon have recently been appointed Mental Health Champions for the ...

BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST has defended itself for carrying out ID checks on patients – pointing out that it is only carrying out government policy and trying to claim back money from patients who are not entitled to free treatment. ...

DISTURBING PRACTICES are going on within the NHS facilities run by Barts Health Trust, according to local campaigners in the Tower Hamlets branch of Keep Our NHS Public (KONP). Campaigners report that hospitals in the Barts Health Trust are asking ...

EMDAD RAHMAN has completed 100 kilometres of running to raise awareness of dementia. The Barking & Dagenham resident finished his course record today and celebrated with tea and a selfie with the Honourable Mayor of Barking & Dagenham. Participants on ...