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Category Archives: Health
Inspectors rate Whitgift care home as ‘Requires improvement’
Whitgift House, the care home on Brighton Road in South Croydon run by the Whitgift Foundation, has been rated as “Requires improvement” following its most recent inspection by the Care Quality Commission. The CQC found “breaches of legal regulations” and … Continue reading
NHS London aiming to provide 1million extra GP appointments
Health trusts to get into the property business to try to provide cheaper homes for health workers closer to their places of work Patient satisfaction with GPs in London is improving, with NHS London hopeful that the government’s 10-year capital … Continue reading
Croydon drops into London’s Healthy Streets ‘relegation zone’
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Since Jason Perry became Mayor of Croydon, the borough’s streets have become more polluted, dirtier and more dangerous places. PETER UNDERWOOD takes a look at the figures This year’s healthy streets scorecard has just been published – here … Continue reading
Posted in Bexley, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Cycling, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Parking, Peter Underwood, Transport
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Cycling, Healthy Streets Coalition, London, London Borough Healthy Streets Scorecard, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Peter Underwood, Tory
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Gardening bargains, MHA The Wilderness, Shirley, Mon-Fri
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Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Care Homes, Gardening, Shirley North, Shirley South, Wildlife
Tagged Croydon, Gardening, MHA, MHA Hall Grange, MHA The Wilderness
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Air ambulance called out to double stabbing on George Street
Police have increased patrols in central Croydon today, after a double stabbing off George Street during yesterday evening’s rush hour saw the town centre shut down as the Met started a manhunt. The London Air Ambulance was called out, after … Continue reading
Emergency services on call after worker falls from site lift
PHOTOSTORY EXCLUSIVE Pictures by DAVID WHITE East Croydon was lit up with blue lights at lunchtime today, responding to reports that a site worker had fallen off an inner lift on a building site on Addiscombe Road, opposite landmark No1 … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, East Croydon, London Ambulance Service, London Fire Brigade, Policing, Property
Tagged Addiscombe Road, City Link House, East Croydon, East Croydon bus station, East Croydon station, London Ambulance Service, London Fire Brigade, Metropolitan Police, Tolley House
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Gardening bargains, MHA The Wilderness, Shirley, Mon-Fri
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Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Care Homes, Gardening, Shirley North, Shirley South, Wildlife
Tagged Croydon, Gardening, MHA, MHA Hall Grange, MHA The Wilderness
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In this heatwave, we need to turn up the heat on our politicians
CROYDON COMMENTARY: We know many of the measures we as a society, as a nation and as a borough, need to take to deal with the kind of heatwave that we have endured this week. PETER UNDERWOOD says it is … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Crisis Commission, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Peter Underwood, Schools
Tagged Climate Crisis, Climate Crisis Commission, Croydon, Croydon Climate Crisis Commission, Heat wave, LAS, LFB, London, London Ambulance Service, London Fire Brigade, Mayor of London, Met Office, Peter Underwood, schools
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Mayday A&E rated ‘Requires improvement’ for fourth time
A snap inspection earlier this year by the CQC found Croydon’s largest hospital’s emergency department still failing to meet legal requirements for patient privacy and dignity, while ‘corridor care remains a concern’ Urgent and emergency services at Croydon’s largest hospital … Continue reading
Emergency services issue warnings as heatwave continues
Transport for London asks the public to avoid travelling tomorrow, as the Red heat alert is extended by another 24 hours The Met Office has recorded a temperature of 36.4C at Yeovilton in Somerset, making today the hottest June day … Continue reading
Threat to life and infrastructure as Red heat warning issued
St John Ambulance provides first aid advice for noticing and treating symptoms of common conditions including heat exhaustion, sunstroke and dehydration The Met Office has this morning issued a Red heat warning for Croydon and much of southern England and … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Health
Tagged Croydon, Heat exhaustion, Heat wave, London, Met Office, Red heat warning, St John Ambulance, Sunburn, Sunstroke
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Gardening bargains, MHA The Wilderness, Shirley, Mon-Fri
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Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Care Homes, Gardening, Shirley North, Shirley South, Wildlife
Tagged Croydon, Gardening, MHA, MHA Hall Grange, MHA The Wilderness
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We Run Croydon, meeting Addiscombe, every Wednesday
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Posted in Addiscombe East, Advertisement, Advertisement features, Athletics, Health
Tagged Addiscombe, Croydon, We Run Croydon
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We Run Croydon, meeting Addiscombe, every Wednesday
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Posted in Addiscombe East, Advertisement, Advertisement features, Athletics, Health
Tagged Addiscombe, Croydon, We Run Croydon
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We Run Croydon, meeting Addiscombe, every Wednesday
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Posted in Addiscombe East, Advertisement, Advertisement features, Athletics, Health
Tagged Addiscombe, Croydon, We Run Croydon
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Get planting, growing and cooking with Hugh’s latest book
Special reader offer! We have packs of organic veg seeds to GIVEAWAY to Inside Croydon subscribers. See below for details of how to claim your packet Award-winning broadcaster, writer and food campaigner Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has published his latest book, which … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Health, Inside Croydon
Tagged Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Organic, Organic seeds, Reader offer, River Cottage, Seed Revolution
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Dr Charles Drew annual health fair, Whitgift Centre, Sat June 6
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Artist Emin makes big announcement for Priority Seating Week
Transport staff will be at Norwood Junction Station on Thursday, handing out free “Please Offer Me a Seat”, “Baby on Board” and “Babies on Board” badges, as part of activities around TfL’s Priority Seating Week. It’s the eighth year that … Continue reading
The day brave Pearl shone to save her mum’s life with 999 call
A six-year-old from Croydon saved her mother’s life by remembering she could phone 999 to call out an ambulance for a medical emergency. Mum Carole, 36, collapsed at home last summer after suffering a seizure and losing consciousness. She was … Continue reading
Posted in Health, London Ambulance Service
Tagged 999, Croydon, LAS, London, London Ambulance Service
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CQC inspectors rate maternity unit as ‘requires improvement’
The maternity department at Mayday, Croydon’s largest hospital, where close to 4,000 babies are born each year, has been rated as “requires improvement” by the Care Quality Commission. Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, which runs what is sometimes referred to … Continue reading
