New health alliance sparks ‘grave concern’ over Homerton Hospital’s independence
Councillors say any change in governance would be met with an ‘awful lot of resistance’
Barts NHS Trust
Hospital bosses battling to protect staff from ‘mental health issues and exhaustion’
Barts NHS Trust chief says period of rest and relaxation for redeployed workers is a ‘critical consideration’
Campaigners call for close scrutiny of plans to revamp ‘severely overstretched’ Whipps Cross hospital
Save Our NHS warns of bed reductions, while Barts Trust expects fewer to be necessary with improvements to outside-of-hospital care
Campaigners call for local political declaration on NHS patient charging
Save Our NHS lays out ‘moral and practical’ reasons for opposition to charges as Barts insists policy implemented ‘fairly, equitably and justly’
‘Charging overseas patients for maternity care could risk lives’, warns health committee chair
Cllr Ben Hayhurst says it remains unclear if the practice ‘costs more to administer than it brings in’
‘Startling’ figures reveal hundreds of breast cancer screening cancellations
‘There is a national shortage of qualified mammographers and this shortage is impacting services nationwide’