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Lewisham Council launches ground-breaking review into black …

WEBLewisham and Birmingham councils have partnered to launch a review into health inequalities faced by black people in the UK. Birmingham and Lewisham African …

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Lanre Malaolu: ‘I have this impulse to understand who I am’

WEBLanre Malaolu commands attention not with his list of accolades (actor, choreographer, playwright, and filmmaker), but with the striking rhythm of his speech, …

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£450,000 lottery funding for ethnic minority women’s health in …

WEBA charity in Tower Hamlets has received £450,000 in additional funding from the National Lottery, aimed at tackling health inequalities for ethnic minority women. The …

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Student dies while suffering from Covid just weeks into degree at

WEBGoldsmiths, University of London. Pic: Yuvan Kumar. A Chinese student at Goldsmiths in Lewisham has died while suffering from Covid-19 just two weeks into her …

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Tower Hamlets has worst record in London for deaths linked to …

WEBTraffic, heating and burning of solid fuels make the biggest impact on air quality in London. In 2019, 40 percent of air pollution came also from construction, wood …

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COVID-19: The ‘fortunate’ NHS Trust where no

WEBA concern is that, even in December, as the Tower Hamlets council states: “these cases still tend to be highest around a central belt of the borough, consistent with …

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“Working to tackle stigma”: Lewisham addiction recovery day …

WEBBrian from the Naloxone peer-to-peer training group, Lewisham Wanderers, demonstrating how to use Naloxone. Pic: Miri de Villers. Drug and alcohol addiction …

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UK’s first air pollution clinic for children to open in Tower Hamlets

WEBThe UK’s first environmental air pollution clinic for children is set to open in Tower Hamlets in early 2023. It will be based at the Royal London Hospital in …

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Boost for public access to sports in poorest parts of Hackney

WEBThe twelve pilot areas for the scheme were selected following a rigorous selection process with Public Health England. They cover a mix of geographies, and …

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Doctors stage protest over health app ‘destabilising and …

WEBProtestors outside LycaHealth, Westferry Circus. Pic: Gina Gambetta. The protest is linked to the national organisation, Keep Our NHS Public, which campaigns …

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New figures highlight Lewisham obesity problem

WEBLewisham has become one of London’s most obese boroughs according to recent statistics publish by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.

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‘Virtual hospital ward’ to monitor Lewisham patients

WEBThe pilot, which is managed by the Lewisham Healthcare Partnership (LHCP), has been designed to create a virtual equivalent of a hospital ward, as …

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Tower Hamlets, Croydon and Lewisham high streets among …

WEBTower Hamlets, Croydon and Lewisham have some of the unhealthiest high streets in London, a new survey has revealed. The Royal Society for Public Health, an …

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Tower Hamlets named one of the worst places in the UK

WEBParents are being urged to take their children to the dentist, after it was revealed that Tower Hamlets is one of the worst places for dental health in the country. …

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New statistics show that the teenage pregnancy rate in Croydon is …

WEBCroydon’s rate of teenage pregnancy has risen in the last year, even though the overall national rates continue to decline. According to recently published figures …

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Tower Hamlets: growing up poor in the borough with a missing …

WEBWhile nationally, 25 percent of children grow up in poverty, figures from the End Child Poverty Campaign reveal that in Tower Hamlets, it is 44 percent – rising to 49 …

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Invisible Voices: A conversation on BAME mental health

WEBPic: Sarah Benhamou. Identity, trauma and representation dominated discussion at the performance event Invisible Voices held at Goldsmiths this week. The …

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Modality Lewisham patients left unable to book GP appointments

WEBModality implemented a new booking system in April 2023, which has left residents struggling to book appointments. The new process encourages patients to fill …

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Croydon to axe NHS funding for IVF treatment in bid to save money

WEBCroydon is set to be the first place in London to stop NHS funding for IVF treatment, and one of only five areas to do so throughout the UK. The news comes after …

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Meet the intensive care nurse whose Covid poem goes viral

WEBChloe Kerwood has been a nurse in the ICU department at Croydon University Hospital for over 10 years. The traumatic events experienced through her …

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Prince Harry urges everyone to know their HIV status as he hands …

WEBPeople who did not know their HIV status were “irresponsible” Prince Harry said this morning on a flying visit to Homerton, where he handed out self-testing kits at the …

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Government set to appeal Lewisham Hospital High Court ruling …

WEBThe government has said it will appeal against the High Court ruling that quashed plans to extensively cut services and close departments at Lewisham Hospital.. …

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