Posts Tagged ‘health’
AI-driven public conversation on social care set for autumn launch, council says
Thinktank Demos piloting £1m resident engagement programme expect to launch in borough in the autumn
Read MoreElderly admissions to Royal Free more than double in two years
Data shows trust saw largest spike in patients over-65 between 2022 and 2024, with number rising
Read MoreCouncil wants assurances from NHS as Royal Free maternity ward axed
Camden’s health chief vows to to give residents a voice in future changes
Read MoreCamden adult social care deemed ‘outstanding’ by Care Quality Commission
Chief inspector says CQC ‘very impressed to see exceptional levels of service’ as borough first in UK to be given new rating
Read MoreCare home staff refusing vaccinations as flu cases rise, council warns
Director of health and wellbeing says it is planning to engage with more workers to boost jab uptake
Read MoreCutting ‘appalling’ waits for autism diagnosis difficult, council admits
Families are waiting 86 weeks on average for autism and ADHD diagnoses, report finds
Read MoreCamden Council announces extra £3.6m for health and social care
Inflation uplift provides funds for new supported living and carers’ action plan
Read MoreRoyal Free London and North Middlesex hospital trusts to merge by new year
Bosses hope move will deliver benefits after both trusts were warned to improve
Read MoreFears over ‘higher strength opioids’ in Camden as support services report ‘substantial increase’ in demand
The borough’s new drug and alcohol service is helping more than 1,600 residents
Read MoreCamden Council wants to bring school meals service in-house by 2030
Town Hall unveils what it hopes will be one last contract for a school meals provider before taking on the service itself
Read MoreFive GP surgeries in Camden earmarked for ‘change of ownership’
AT Medics Ltd, which runs the surgeries, insists proposals will not ‘change how we deliver primary care’
Read MoreHealth bosses talk up plans to reduce eye surgery waiting lists in north London – but concerns raised over longer journeys for patients
Move designed to cut wait times by up to 10 weeks for some patients
Read MoreGreat Ormond Street Hospital gets go-ahead for purpose-built cancer centre – but residents are not happy about ‘gross overdevelopment’
Hospital chief executive says current facility is ‘not fit for purpose’
Read More‘Significant achievement’: Royal Free hits national waiting list target after clearing Covid backlog
Hospital board’s chair says ‘the team has done an extraordinary job’
Read More‘Knocked down barriers’: Councillors and residents celebrate Camden’s £600k parks for health strategy
The council has joined forces with user groups to encourage people to take advantage of their local green spaces
Read More‘Covid is rampant’, warns University College Hospital chief
David Probert says rising infection rate is causing ‘great anxiety’, with teams being ‘knocked out’ by staff absences
Read MoreChildren facing waits of up to 89 weeks for hospital dental treatment in north London – leaving politicians ‘horrified’
One child has been waiting for over two years – as health bosses detail efforts to tackle pandemic backlog
Read MoreCamden in ‘extra sprint’ to vaccinate secondary school children
Borough is hoping to turn around the low uptake among 12-15-year-olds this half term
Read MoreOne in three Camden dentists unable to offer NHS appointments to children thanks to Covid backlog
Local health watchdog finds private appointments much easier to come by
Read MoreSurprise and concern over low number of council staff who have been double-jabbed
Cllr Alison Kelly suspects under-reporting is the problem, but said the numbers ‘need to go right up’
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