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£7m Rainbow children’s unit set to transform hospital services
Croydon has a new, dedicated ward for children requiring hospital care. The £7million freshly named Rainbow Unit was opened this week by Croydon Health Services NHS Trust chairman Mike Bell. The Rainbow Children’s Unit name plaque was also unveiled by … Continue reading
NHS now begins roll-out of covid jabs for 5-to-11-year-olds
Nearly 1million under-11s in London are being offered covid-19 vaccines from this week. Parents and carers of children aged from five to 11 are able to book a jab for their children from today, as the biggest and most successful … Continue reading
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Tagged coronavirus, covid, Covid-19, Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, NHS
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Mayor digs in to plant a Jubilee cherry tree at Mayday
The local NHS Trust and the Mayor of Croydon staged a joint ceremony yesterday to dig in and contribute to the Queen’s Green Canopy – a tree-planting initiative being run to coincide with celebrations around the 70th anniversary of the … Continue reading
Hospital ancillary staff in strike ballot over G4S covid pay
Porters and cleaners at Mayday Hospital are to be balloted by their union, the GMB, over whether to take strike action over pay rates and access to sick pay. The workers, who are employed by outsourcing giants G4S, voted overwhelmingly … Continue reading
Hospital porters and cleaners say G4S is ‘lying’ over covid pay
The GMB trades union is warning private contractor G4S that denying full sick pay to cleaners, porters at Croydon’s Mayday Hospital may result in strike action. The union has also accused G4S of lying over the simmering dispute over terms … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, GMB, Helen O'Connor, Mayday Hospital
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Hospital visits are still allowed but ‘kept under close review’
The NHS trust which oversees the running of Croydon’s Mayday Hospital says that visits to in-patients are still allowed, but restrictions are “being kept under close review”. The latest spike in covid-19 infection numbers, mainly caused by the spread of … Continue reading
Government is forced to delay its NHS data grab by stealth
The government has been forced to postpone its plans for a massive, nationwide data scrape of people’s confidential NHS records. The NHS’s 55 million patients had been given just six weeks’ notice that their medical histories could be sold on … Continue reading
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Tagged British Medical Association, Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, Jeremy Corbyn, Matt Hancock, NHS
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Covid scientists seek Croydon volunteers for blood tests
People who have tested positive for covid-19 are being asked to take part in a scientific study that hopes to unravel one of the most crucial questions posed by the virus. Genomics England is running the study, which aims to … Continue reading
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Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, Mayday Hospital
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‘Pivotal moment’ as hospital starts coronavirus vaccinations
Patients will be vaccinated against coronavirus at Mayday Hospital as early as this Tuesday, at the start of the biggest immunisation programme in history. The hospital, part of the Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, is one of 50 around the … Continue reading
