Finance chief confirms ‘unprecedented’ overspend as local government crisis hits Hackney
Temporary accommodation demand sees predicted overspend soar by £15m in a single quarter
Ben Hayhurst
‘We need to get our finger out’: Councillors welcome plans for ‘specialist’ homes for vulnerable residents
Town Hall proposes a mix of upgraded and new accommodation to be built over the next 10 years
Fifteen per cent of mental health patients waited more than 12 hours in A&E in January
The delays were partly down to a jump in the number of people who remain in hospital despite being ready for discharge
Thirty-two patients lost embryos in Homerton fertility centre incidents
The centre had its licence suspended in March after ‘three separate incidents’ in the preceding year
Homerton Fertility Centre’s licence suspended after incidents of frozen embryos ‘not surviving or being undetectable’
Healthcare officials faced a grilling from concerned councillors at a scrutiny meeting this week
Remote medical services could ‘disenfranchise’ patients, councillors warn
Members of health scrutiny committee fear older people, disabled people and those with no internet access may be ‘forgotten about’
Concerns raised over safe discharges as health bosses pledge to learn from mistakes
Joint health committee members underline importance of information sharing as NHS bosses stress ‘good systems are in place’
Health scrutiny chair seeks answers on ‘real reform’ to NHS 111 service
Cllr Ben Hayhurst questions why what used to be a ‘Rolls Royce’ of a service is now the subject of reports of misdiagnoses and other failings
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’
Homerton Hospital begins preparations for second wave of coronavirus
Councillors decry continuing ‘drastic fall’ in London tests and ‘poor record keeping’ of ethnicity data by central Covid tracing
Councillors grill health bosses on plans to merge services across north-east London
Concerns raised over local accountability as CCG chair stresses that changes will empower ‘much more ambitious’ work
Unions celebrate ‘fantastic victory’ in fight for better pay for Homerton Hospital workers
ISS staff to receive same sick pay as NHS colleagues as hospital commits to impact assessment of bringing workers inhouse
‘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’
Local health merger could mean loss of ‘accountability and money’, councillors warn
Hackney Mayor ‘extremely annoyed’ over lack of engagement over reforms since general election
‘All we’re asking for is equality’: Homerton Hospital chief quizzed over cleaners’ sick pay
Hospital bosses pledge to ‘challenge’ outsourced company while refusing face-to-face meeting with workers
Town Hall pilots Personal Alarm Watch to help residents live independently
Pilot part of assistive technology test for people using health and care services