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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, New Addington Community Diagnostics Centre, New Addington North
Tagged Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon NHS Trust, Labour, Natasha Irons MP, New Addington, New Addington Community Diagnostics Centre, Wes Streeting
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Streeting’s ‘manoeuvres’ do nothing to reduce NHS waiting lists
While the NHS in Croydon is slipping back on one of its key performance measures, the health secretary has been busy positioning himself for a possible new job. ANDREW FISHER on the conflicted priorities of the Labour government At the … Continue reading
Croydon among 43 areas in £10m NHS neighbourhood scheme
Croydon is among 43 areas earmarked for the first neighbourhood health services, in a £10million government scheme. Lambeth and Southwark and East Surrey are also on the list of areas, under an initiative that sets out to “tackle the nation’s … Continue reading
Royal College calls on student nurses to help its jobs campaign
The Royal College of Nursing has issued an appeal to third-year students to join its campaign to help more graduating nurses secure proper employment, including with the hospital where they have done their training. Inside Croydon reported last week of … Continue reading
Student nurses left ‘abandoned’ and ‘neglected’ by NHS Trust
As government launches its 10-year plan for the NHS, newly qualified nurses are being turned down for jobs at the hospital where they have spent the past three years training Around 100 student nurses staged a demonstration outside Mayday Hospital … Continue reading
Labour’s task looks tough amid finance and membership woes
As Britain’s long-established political duopoly fractures, ANDREW FISHER looks at what that could mean for Croydon at its next local elections in 2026 For the past 100 years two parties have dominated British politics: the Conservatives and Labour. Since the … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Fisher, Council Tax, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Waddon
Tagged 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Andrew Fisher, Boris Johnson, Brockwell Park, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Green Party, Jeremy Corbyn, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Keir Starmer, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Nigel Farage, Reform UK, Tory, Waddon, Wes Streeting
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St Helier facing ‘catastrophic failure’ as hospital plans delayed
INSIDE SUTTON: Yesterday’s announcement by Labour health secretary Wes Streeting that the promised new hospital at Belmont will be delayed by at least another seven years drew dire warnings from health professionals, reports DAVE BURTON “We’re going to have to … Continue reading
Posted in Bobby Dean, Carshalton and Wallington, Dave Burton, Epsom and Ewell, Health, Luke Taylor MP, St Helier Hospital, Surrey, Sutton Council
Tagged Belmont, Bobby Dean MP, Conservative, Dave Burton, Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, Luke Taylor MP, Royal Marsden Cancer Hub, St Helier Hospital, Tory, Wes Streeting
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The public knows what matters to them. But does PM Starmer?
Happy New Year? Maybe not for Keir Starmer’s Labour, as it grapples with the twin issues of the economy and the NHS, says ANDREW FISHER in his first column of 2025 This year is likely to be a very tricky … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Fisher, Croydon, Economy, Labour, London, NHS, Rachel Reeves, Wes Streeting
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A chill wind is blowing as Labour breaks pensioners’ pledge
Columnist ANDREW FISHER on Rachel Reeves, the £20bn ‘black hole’ in government finances and why cutting winter fuel allowance for pensioners is such a bad first move by the new government That the Tories left the country and our public … Continue reading
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Tagged Age UK, Andrew Fisher, Conservative, Croydon, Keir Starmer, Labour, Rachel Reeves, Tory, Wes Streeting, Winter Fuel Allowance
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