Category Archives: Croydon NHS Trust

Only 19% of eligible Croydon residents took Health Checks

Posted on September 3, 2019 by

Use it or lose it. And it appears that Croydon residents are about to lose their access to the NHS Health Check, after fewer than 1-in-5 of eligible people participated in the scheme. That’s according to a report from Medicspot, … Continue reading →

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Cardiac Rehabilitation open afternoon, Mayday Hospital, Aug 8

Posted on August 4, 2019 by
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NHS Trust’s payment system causing funerals to be cancelled

Posted on June 25, 2019 by

EXCLUSIVE: A new system of payments for cremation forms at Mayday Hospital is forcing some bereaved families to postpone arrangements for funerals costing thousands of pounds Bereaved Croydon families are having to delay staging funerals for lost loved ones, following … Continue reading →

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Patient survey shows Mayday needs ‘to improve drastically’

Posted on June 24, 2019 by

A Care Quality Commission survey of Mayday Hospital in-patients has forced the hospital management to admit, “the findings show our overall experience of care needs to improve”. The CQC survey identified Croydon’s largest NHS hospital as “much worse than expected” … Continue reading →

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Healthwatch Croydon names its new six-member local board

Posted on May 14, 2019 by

Healthwatch Croydon, the area’s health service watchdog, has appointed a new local leadership board. Comprising Croydon residents, Edwina Morris, a recently retired social worker, has been appointed chair with Martin Faiers as deputy. Pat Knight, Brian Matthews, Anantha Ramaswamy and … Continue reading →

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Call the Midwife: nurse Sawyer wins prestigious award

Posted on February 5, 2019 by

Croydon nurse Kelly Sawyer has been honoured as Emma’s Diary Mums’ London Region’s Midwife of the Year. It is one of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) annual midwifery awards, recognising the incredible work done by exceptional midwives across the … Continue reading →

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Sanderstead Clinic facing closure in latest NHS cut-backs

Posted on January 31, 2019 by

Our health correspondent ALAN FINLAY reports on the threat of closure of an NHS facility, right under the nose of the local Conservative MP There’s another round of cuts in services, closures and re-organisations coming to the NHS in Croydon … Continue reading →

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