Tag Archives: NHS
Last week left for NHS online bookings of covid and flu jabs
Eligible Londoners have a deadline of next Thursday, December 14, to book flu and Covid vaccinations online. Vaccinations helped prevent 25,000 people from being hospitalised last winter, according official data. Cold and wet weather and festive celebrations mean that people … Continue reading
Westfield, the incinerator, NHS and Croydon’s Gaza response
£15m NHS intensive care unit draws close to completion
Croydon’s NHS hospital’s £15million new intensive care unit is on course for completion with a few weeks, the latest part of a multi-million improvement to the hospital conducted in the last five years. Providing care for the borough’s most seriously … Continue reading
Hospital’s domestic staff claim ‘racist’ treatment over pay rises
GMB union members working at Croydon’s Mayday Hospital are demanding equal pay for equal work and an end to outsourcing which they see as “an institutionally racist practice”. The union members are being balloted over strike action. Cleaners, caterers and … Continue reading
Health authorities issue Amber alert as temperatures soar
As the September heatwave stretches into its sixth day, with no break in the weather yet forecast, the NHS has been inundated with requests for health advice. With temperatures up to 33⁰C expected to continue this weekend, the UK Health … Continue reading
‘Major disruption’ expected as NHS consultants go on strike
“Major disruption is anticipated” at NHS hospitals through to the weekend, as senior medics walk out prior to the August bank holiday weekend as part of planned industrial action. Consultants will be taking strike action from 7am on tomorrow until … Continue reading
NHS in drive to recruit school leavers for health careers
The NHS has chosen today – A-level results day – to begin a drive to help school leavers explore the vast range of health careers on offer. As A-Level, T-Level and BTEC results are announced across Croydon, pupils are being … Continue reading
NHS at 75: competition winners demonstrate pride and service
Two NHS staff members in London have won their categories in a Fujifilm photography competition for NHS staff and volunteers to mark 75 years of the health service. Today, July 5, 2023, marks 75 years since the founding of the … Continue reading
Doctors and scientists warn PM of conspiracy theory dangers
‘Politicians have been attending rallies run by conspiracy theorists. They have dismissed our science on social media…. Facts have been questioned and scientists have been discredited in an attack on the very essence of our scientific community’ More than 200 … Continue reading
NHS London primes patients ahead of junior doctors’ strike
Londoners are being urged to look after themselves and check in on loved ones ahead of the industrial action by junior doctors this week. The 72-hour walk out by junior doctors across London will start at 7am on Wednesday 14 … Continue reading
London Chief Nurse urges careful planning over bank holidays
With a slew of bank holidays coming up in the coming month, the capital’s Chief Nurse is urging Londoners to plan your health needs carefully. The first bank holiday is May Day on Monday, but there’s also a 48-hour strike … Continue reading
NHS to roll-out spring booster covid jabs for high-risk groups
The largest vaccination programme in history is continuing to expand with the offer of a targeted spring booster for those at highest risk of covid infection, including over 75s, those with a weakened immune system and older adult care home … Continue reading
Maternity service at Mayday given improved ‘Good’ rating
Maternity services at Croydon’s biggest NHS hospital have been given an improved rating of “Good” for safety, following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission. This does not alter the overall CQC ratings for Croydon University Hospital, which is “Requires … Continue reading
14 NHS workers’ unions boycott ‘non-independent’ review body
Fourteen trades unions representing more than 1million nurses, ambulance staff, porters, healthcare assistants, physiotherapists and others working in the NHS in England, have today announced that they are withdrawing from the NHS Pay Review Body process. One union leader has … Continue reading
NHS issues advice for ambulance and nurses’ strike days
Planning a ‘merry’ Christmas? Then keep those antacids handy
Stomach ache, food poisoning, vomiting and heartburn are the conditions most frequently viewed on the NHS website over the festive season Heartburn is top of the list for advice on health conditions on the NHS website at Christmas. Analysis by … Continue reading
NHS urges parents to get children vaccinated against flu
Following a surge in serious cases of flu among under-fives in the capital, parents are being urged by the NHS in London to make sure their children are vaccinated if they are eligible for the flu vaccine. Across England, hospitalisations … Continue reading
Local Labour out of step as Streeting calls for outsourcing
Labour councillors in Croydon joined a union-organised march calling for Mayday Hospital’s ancillary jobs – porters, cleaners and food staff – to be brought back in-house and taken out of the hands of private outsourcing giant G4S, just as Keir … Continue reading
Croydon surgeries where half GP consultations are by phone
Don’t get old. Don’t get ill. That was the warning about life under a Conservative government 40 years ago, and it holds true today, as ANDREW FISHER, pictured left, discovered when checking out waiting times just to get an appointment … Continue reading
NHS offers apprentice routes into healthcare for GCSE pupils
Thousands of pupils across Croydon have received their GCSE results today, marking the first major set of qualifications that will put them on the path to a future career. NHS England wants to encourage many of them to consider a … Continue reading
Midwives warn of crisis on maternity wards as staff quit NHS
The Royal College of Midwives has again called on the government and NHS for more investment in maternity services to ensure the safety and quality of care for patients, after recording a fall in the number of midwives working in … Continue reading
Beddington’s ‘blue space’ could boost NHS mental health care
A conservation activist who spent more than a decade fighting for improved recognition and investment in the Beddington Farmlands nature reserve has greeted a report from the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust that “prescribes” nature for improved mental health as “a … Continue reading
NHS London in drive to increase children’s MMR take-up
Parents and guardians across Croydon are being urged to ensure their children are fully vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella as the NHS in London seeks to increase uptake of the vaccine which provides protection against these highly infectious diseases. … Continue reading
The NHS’s ‘top tips’ for families to stay safe in the heatwave
With temperatures in London and the south-east expected to soar above 30 degrees on Friday, the local NHS has issued a set of guidelines and advice to help you and your family ending up in hospital. People are being admitted … 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
