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We Run Croydon, meeting Addiscombe, every Wednesday
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We Run Croydon, meeting Addiscombe, every Wednesday
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Posted in Addiscombe East, Advertisement, Advertisement features, Athletics, Health
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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
NHS urges public to use its services during doctors’ strike
The NHS in south London has issued a health safety warning, as thousands of resident doctors start a week-long strike today. “People needing medical help or advice should go to 111.nhs.uk, their GP or pharmacy unless it is a life-threatening … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon NHS Trust, Health, Mayday Hospital, New Addington Community Diagnostics Centre, Purley Hospital, St Helier Hospital
Tagged Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, Croydon NHS, Croydon NHS Trust, Croydon University Hospital, Mayday Hospital, NHS, Purley Hospital, Resident Doctors, Resident Doctors' Strike, South West London Integrated Care System
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The day Dr Bookless took the wicket of the great WG Grace
CROYDON CHRONICLES: A long career in medicine based at Croydon General Hospital and on Harley Street followed for a sporting young man who, when a student at Guy’s Hospital, once enjoyed a cricket moment of a lifetime. DAVID MORGAN explains … Continue reading
Posted in Church and religions, Cricket, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, Health, History, Mayday Hospital, Purley Hospital
Tagged British Medical Journal, cricket, Croydon, Croydon General Hospital, Croydon Minster, Croydon Parish Church, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace Park, David Morgan, Dr John Bookless, Guy's Hospital, London, London County Cricket Club, Mayday Hospital, Purley Hospital, WG Grace
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Backpay victory for healthcare assistants at St Helier Hospital
Healthcare assistants working at St Helier Hospital in Carshalton and two other hospitals in the area have secured a pay victory and have voted to accept an offer from their employers, with some to receive as much as £7,000 compensation … Continue reading
Parkinson’s England team want law-makers to join a health kick
There’s a very special match being played tomorrow, between a parliamentary team made up of footballer MPs and peers, against the England Parkinson’s walking football team. One of the players in the England team is Croydon resident Seth Gillman, who … Continue reading
Croydon among worst boroughs for measles vaccine uptake
The half-term break could not have come soon enough for some primary schools and health administrators in Croydon, where the vaccination rate for measles is lower than most of our neighbouring boroughs. Outbreaks of the measles virus among schoolchildren on … Continue reading
Planning consent granted for £1bn Cancer Hub in Belmont
Sutton Council has granted planning permission for the £1billion expansion of the London Cancer Hub, near the site of the Royal Marsden Hospital in Belmont. The expansion across a 12-acre site is expected to create 3,000 jobs, mostly in highly … Continue reading
Podcast: From toxic air to the soured atmosphere at Selhurst
Our first Croydon Insider podcast of 2026 is here – with a panel of readers and contributors delving behind the headlines on the stories that matter to you. Discussing how the highs of Wembley in May last year could have … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Sinclair, Croydon Insider, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, Health, Inside Croydon, London Fire Brigade, Nadia Azizuddin, Oliver Glasner, Steve Parish, Waste incinerator
Tagged Andrew Sinclair, Beddington, Beddington incinerator, Cheryl Fergus-Ferrell, cpfc, CPO, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace FC, e-bikes, Environment Agency, Lee Townsend, London Borough of Croydon, Nadia Azizuddin, Riff Raffs, Rockbottom, St George's Walk, Viridor
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NHS staff at St Helier to start strike action over unpaid back-pay
Healthcare assistants whose jobs were wrongly graded are at ‘breaking point’, as managers at Epsom Hospital, St George’s in Tooting and St Helier refuse to make good their errors NHS staff will be on picket lines outside three major hospitals … Continue reading
Labour minister Streeting opens New Addington health centre
New Addington has a new multi-million-pound Community Diagnostics Centre, which was formally opened yesterday by health secretary Wes Streeting and local MP Natasha Irons. The centre, on Chertsey Crescent, has been busy with patients since October, and is now fully … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon East, Croydon NHS Trust, Health, Natasha Irons, New Addington Community Diagnostics Centre, New Addington North, New Addington South
Tagged Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon NHS Trust, Labour, Natasha Irons MP, New Addington, New Addington Community Diagnostics Centre, Wes Streeting
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St Helier staff ready to walk out over years of unpaid back pay
Workers at St George’s in Tooting and Epsom Hospital and St Helier in Carshalton voted 100% and 99% in favour of strike action Around 600 healthcare assistants working at three hospitals in south-west London and Surrey are on the brink … Continue reading
Flu cases at Croydon hospital almost double in one week
Officials from the NHS in London have repeated their appeals for people to get vaccinated against this season’s flu, as hospitals in the capital face their toughest winter pressures, and the number of flu cases being treated at Croydon’s largest … Continue reading
Mayday Hospital among worst for numbers of ‘super flu’ cases
Croydon’s NHS Trust is among the worst-hit in the country for cases of the latest “mutant” flu virus, according to weekly data released today. Nationally, the number of patients in hospital with influenza has risen more than 50% in the … Continue reading
NHS issues urgent warning as number of ‘superflu’ cases soars
London’s hospitals are ‘facing an unprecedented flu wave this winter’ according to specialists The NHS in London has issued another public appeal for people to get vaccinated, as the number of hospital admissions in the past few weeks has exceeded … Continue reading
99% of healthcare assistants backing strike action at St Helier
Workers’ union begins strike ballot after two NHS hospital trusts offer ‘the worst back-pay deal’ in London More than 600 healthcare assistants at St Helier Hospital and across the group at St George’s in Tooting and Epsom Hospital are to … Continue reading
Big Brother is watching in Croydon’s NHS hospital car parks
Big Brother is watching you in the car parks at Croydon’s NHS hospitals, and you could land in big bother if you don’t pay using their new computerised system. The NHS Trust responsible for Mayday and Purley hospitals is introducing … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon NHS Trust, Health, Mayday Hospital, Parking, Purley, Purley Hospital, Transport
Tagged ANPR, Automatic Number PLate Recognition, Croydon, Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, Croydon University Hospital, Mayday Hospital, Purley, Purley Hospital, Purley War Memorial Hospital
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