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Health agency issues Olympics emergency warning
Health Protection Agency says upheaval caused by its abolition could pose ‘extreme risks’ during Olympic Games
Hackney GPs speak out against government’s ‘destruction’ of the NHS
Local doctors express concern over the coalition government’s proposed health and social care reforms
Popularity should not dictate public health policy
Andrew Lansley’s moves on tobacco are welcome – but waiting for a swing in public opinion to act is the counsel of despair
Kicking the habit: Hackney residents get free help to quit smoking
Smokers are being offered free nicotine gum and patches by the NHS to help them quit
Hackney girls aged 12 – 18 urged to have their HPV jab
Health body warns that the local area is lagging behind with vaccinations offering protection against cervical cancer
Get your teeth to a dentist, says Hackney NHS
Find out more about free NHS dental services at two local events next week
NHS changes: David Cameron’s dodgy prescription
Cameron’s NHS ‘reforms’ will work not in the interests of staff and patients, as he claims, but very much against them
Nightingale Practice redevelopment begins
Clapton residents to get improved health facilities at new surgery
Diane Abbott takes up shadow junior ministerial position
MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington says she is honoured to play a part in rebuilding the Labour party
Mesothelioma: Hospice wins landmark victory in asbestos cancer case
Court decision to make engineering firm pay £10,000 towards care of victim to open door for more claims from hospices
Art and the brain
Kate Kellaway admires an exhibition of artworks exploring the experience of neurological damage
Don’t let your Valentine’s gift be chlamydia, says Hackney NHS
Free, painless, confidential testing that you can do yourself
Hackney policeman receives Una Padel Award
Former psychiatric nurse honoured as mental health champion
Get jabs to prevent cervical cancer, says Hackney NHS
Screening and vaccination choices highlighted, Prevention Week 24 – 30 January