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Council offers help to keep your new year resolutions going
Feeling less resolute about those New Year resolutions? The council may be able to help, as RORY KELLY reports Croydon Council is offering health advice through apps, videos, podcasts and health plans from Croydon Live Well advisers and posted to … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Health
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Live Well Croydon
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Scandal of council’s use of ‘irrational’ medical assessments
Our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, discovers how the council has been spending tens of thousands of pounds on discredited remote medical assessments to avoid providing housing for the homeless Croydon’s Labour-run council has spent £53,165 in the past four … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Croydon Council, Health, Housing, Jo Negrini
Tagged Alison Butler, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, London, NowMedical
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What the election means for Croydon, Westfield and St Helier
After a long and sleepless night, our political editor WALTER CONXITE sifts through the wreckage of the General Election, and what it might mean for Croydon, and Sutton The fourth General Election since 2010 is significant because it is the … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", 2019 General Election, Adult Social Care, Boris Johnson, Brick by Brick, Centrale, Children's Services, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Elliot Colburn, Health, Housing, Jo Negrini, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mario Creatura, Mayday Hospital, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Paul Scott, Paul Scully MP, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP, Shaun Bailey, St Helier Hospital, Steve Reed MP, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Tony Newman, Waste incinerator, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Boris Johnson, Carshalton and Wallington, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Elliot Colburn MP, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, Mario Creatura, Mayor, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Sutton Council, Tom Brake, Tony Newman, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Philp in car-crash TV interview over cancer waiting times
This morning’s General Election headlines were all about Bullshit Boris Johnson attempting to run a damage limitation operation after a series of political disasters yesterday. And then Tory Central Office decided to wheel out Chris Philp for a slot on … Continue reading
Posted in 2019 General Election, Chris Philp MP, Croydon South, Health
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon South, Labour, NHS, Tory
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SEND is ‘system in crisis’ according to Ombudsman report
Children with SEND – special educational needs and disabilities – are increasingly being failed by the system designed to support them. That’s according to no less an authority than the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman. In its latest report … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Services, Education, Health, SEND, Sutton Council
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, SEND, Sutton Council
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Hospital staff bid to break fund-raising records for Macmillan
Staff at Mayday Hospital are bidding to beat their record-breaking best when they host a “World’s Biggest Coffee Morning” for Macmillan Cancer Support this Friday. Last year, big-hearted borough residents donated £77,000 at Macmillan Coffee Mornings across Croydon. Macmillan Cancer … Continue reading
