‘Expressing solidarity’: Campaigners gather outside Homerton Hospital in support of national nursing strikes
Despite nurses at the hospital narrowly missing out on joining the action, supporters still turned up to demand better pay for them
Despite nurses at the hospital narrowly missing out on joining the action, supporters still turned up to demand better pay for them
Politicians from all parties used their full council meeting to pay tribute to the late monarch
The local NHS trust’s director of people said the hospital is ‘immensely proud’
Louise Ashley once worked in the Homerton’s children’s wards as a nurse, and rejoins having turned around the fortunes of Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
Staff member at GP practice was in tears after woman explained she couldn’t afford to run the system
Acting chief executive Dylan Jones urges patients to get in touch with concerns after staff shortages forced the hospital to pause treatment
Medics say virus ‘does not spread easily’ and the risk to the general population is ‘low’
The plans and operational paperwork will be kept available, should future public health officials need to learn lessons from the two-year crisis
Doctors estimate that 8.2 per cent of local residents had Covid last week
Hospital apologises for distress caused by ‘extraordinary and unforeseen operational challenges’
Cases in City and Hackney have risen by nearly a quarter in the last week
Cases are up 24 per cent in Hackney according to the latest set of figures
Jane Smith has gifted a number of illustrations and linocuts in tribute to the health service and the Homerton’s longstanding art programme
‘If these figures do continue they are signalling a very, very unwelcome change of trend’
Close to 350 staff have still not had their first jab as hospital bosses continue persuasion efforts
Tracey Fletcher said medics were ‘expecting a pretty dire weekend’ but actually cases ‘seemed to level out’