Campaigners decry ‘cruel and horrifying’ regulations hitting migrants during Covid-19 crisis
Hackney Migrant Centre and Keep Our NHS Public unite to demand change to healthcare surcharge for all migrants, with government now set to exempt NHS staff
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Homerton Hospital supporting staff with mental health after weeks of ‘intense pressure’
Spokesperson says workers being offered counselling during ‘slight limbo’ as Covid admissions drop
2020: A brutal siege
Local doctor Patrick Bogue on the ‘striking parallels’ between his work in the Gaza strip and tackling coronavirus in the NHS
Quit smoking for Covid
Experts say smokers with Covid-19 are 14 times more likely to develop severe symptoms. Find out how to access support through Smokefree Hackney…
Letter: ‘Labour MPs must amend the Trade Bill to prevent further NHS privatisation’
Lifelong health campaigner Shirley Murgraff calls on opposition MPs to ensure ‘strong protection’ for the health service in trade deals
‘Much needed visual tonic’: Homerton Hospital shares new artworks by brain injury patients
Curator Shaun Caton hopes the recently made collages will give the borough a ‘morale boost’ at a ‘challenging time for all’
Hackney needlesmiths help patch up scrubs shortage in the NHS
Make Town boss says studio may struggle to survive the crisis, but for now it is dedicated to helping medical staff look ‘real spiffy’
First two coronavirus cases confirmed in Hackney but ‘risk to public remains low’
The borough’s director of public health says news was ‘expected’ and that people should continue with simple hygiene measures to help manage the spread
NHS appeals for more men in Hackney to give blood
Health service is concerned that a gender imbalance in new donors will soon put pressure on blood stocks
Former Homerton Hospital employee ‘shocked and upset’ by demand for £7k by Christmas Day
Heavily pregnant woman, who left the Homerton in 2013, says she has had to use maternity savings to return overpaid wages with interest
Councillors call for mental health services to partner with gangs unit
Living in Hackney scrutiny commission voices concerns over Integrated Gangs Unit’s ‘lack of transparency’
Council to put up warnings about ticks after woman reports catching Lyme disease in Clissold Park
Andrea Smyth says she was bitten last month in the same dog-free zone where a jogger purportedly caught the disease in 2018
‘Stop the spread’: Doctors issue new warning to parents amid ongoing measles outbreak
More than 350 cases recorded in Hackney and Haringey in the past eight months as local GP urges people to ‘think of the benefits’
Local actor issues diabetes warning with diagnoses on the rise in Hackney
Desmond Barrit had four toes amputated after finding out he had Type 2 diabetes in 2009
Action plan to contain multimillion pound overspend at Homerton Hospital
‘We will have an overspend here, but we are working with the Homerton to deal with it as fast as we can,’ say CCG
Mark Thomas: Check-Up – Our NHS @ 70, Arcola Theatre, review: ‘Visceral yet entertaining’
The comedian’s well-researched diagnosis of our healthcare service is both alarming and uplifting