Closure of Homerton’s Cedar Lodge will see dementia patients move to Mile End
Doctors say the five patients’ move to Thames House Ward will improve ‘quality of care’
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NHS pays out £27 million for historical medical errors at Homerton Hospital
Trust says five-year sum is lowest for any London hospital with a maternity unit
Last chance to have your say on the future of Hackney’s pharmacies
Council survey on draft Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment closes tonight
Cllr Jonathan McShane will quit cabinet in May to ‘devote more time’ to charity
Hackney’s cabinet member for health has been a councillor for 13 years
Hackney among worst boroughs in London for health inequality, new figures show
Only residents in Tower Hamlets and Haringey spend longer in ill health, as Town Hall cites ‘financial deprivation’ and better life expectancy
Diane Abbott reveals she has type 2 diabetes and hits out at ‘vicious and negative’ Tory campaign
Hackney MP tells of health condition and blasts Theresa May for singling her out as part of the Conservatives’ campaign
‘They helped me get my smile back’: NHS manager Mandy Stevens praises Hackney mental health staff
Stoke Newington resident speaks candidly about depression that ‘ripped the heart and soul out of me’ following treatment at City and Hackney Centre for Mental Health
Brain injury survivors show their artistic sides with first public exhibition at Stratford Circus
Artists are all members of Headway, a Hackney-based charity that provides specialist support for the multitude of effects that can result from a serious brain injury
Revealed: Hackney Council sprays around 1,200 litres of glyphosate in the borough each year
Weedkiller is ‘probably carcinogenic to humans’ according to World Health Organisation, but Town Hall says it has been declared safe by the EU
Mulberry University Technical College to open for September ’17 enrolment
The new building in Bow will have a range of creative and digital and healthcare facilities, from labs to studios and even a theatre
Quitters a ‘priority’ but council failing to kick its own tobacco habit
No cuts to Stop Smoking services in Hackney despite council investing millions in tobacco through pension fund
Shadow health secretary Diane Abbott slams ‘sorry saga’ as junior doctors reject new contract
‘Disappointing we still do not have contract that junior doctors feel able to support’
Diane Abbott: Guarantee NHS workers from EU countries the right to remain in UK
Shadow Secretary of State for Health told Homerton University Hospital staff that EU workers’ contributions were ‘invaluable’ to the NHS
Stik art sale raises £32,500 at Christie’s auction for Hope charity at Homerton Hospital
‘I never expected we’d get so much,’ said Stik
‘Hidden’ report reveals air pollution at 27 Hackney schools over EU limits
Primary schools in most deprived boroughs – including Hackney – tend on average to be more exposed to poor air quality, report finds
Stephen Staunton's 'dramas of colour' make Headway in Bethnal Green this month
Stephen Staunton started painting his ‘patchwork dramas of colour’ after he sustained a brain injury