Posts Tagged ‘health’
Five 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’
Read MoreNHS chiefs defend role in US takeover of GP practices as campaigners condemn ‘lack of transparency’
Local health bosses claim ‘no ill intent’ as four local surgeries come under control of American insurance giant
Read MoreCoronavirus: ‘We’re not out of the woods with cancer treatment,’ warn medics
Cancer referrals now back to pre-Covid levels, but doctors fear ‘pent-up demand’ in those yet to come forward with symptoms
Read MoreCouncillors slam NHS ‘democratic deficit’ as information sought in vain over asset sales
‘We have a response from you and I’m still none the wiser,’ says committee chair
Read MoreNHS staff at University College London Hospital face eight per cent rise in ‘assault and abuse’
Physical abuse was up 4.3 per cent in 2017/18
Read MoreNHS pays out £43m for past errors at Camden’s University College Hospital
Payouts for past mistakes at University College Hospital have cost the NHS more than £43 million over the last five years, according to research by the BBC. NHS Resolution paid out £43.4 million in damages and legal costs between 2012 and 2017 for historical mistakes at University College London Hospital (UCLH), which sits on Euston…
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