Nearly one million children in London are to get polio vaccines after the virus was discovered in the sewage in eight northeast London boroughs. Heath experts discovered the virus in samples from the network leading to Beckton treatment plant this spring. Since then they have expanded their testing across London and found polio in samples from […]
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital cleaner faces sack over PPE row, union says
A cleaner at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich faces the sack because he complained about not being given PPE to wear, his trade union says. The GMB union says the man, who is employed by the outsourcing company ISS, was told he was not entitled to wear a facemask, even though he lives with his […]
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital workers scared to challenge smokers outside baby unit
Staff at Queen Elizabeth Hospital are wary of challenging people who smoke outside the hospital entrance, the hospital’s boss has admitted. Ben Travis, the chief executive of Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, told a panel of Greenwich councillors on Thursday that staff had reported “difficult experiences” when challenging smokers, who stand outside the entrance, which […]
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital under ‘phenomenal pressure’ in 2020, bosses say
Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich has been under serious pressure for nine out of the first 10 working days of 2020, one of its senior managers told Greenwich councillors on Thursday night. Kelly Lewis-Towler, its divisional director of operations, spoke of the “phenomenal” pressure on the hospital as she and Ben Travis, the chief executive […]
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Mercury Man: The NHS campaign with its roots in Deptford High Street
853‘s special correspondent MERCURY MAN has a little secret – he hides a Daily Mail inside his copy of the Racing Post. With the season of goodwill upon us, he reports on a campaign in the paper that has touched a chord locally… A brilliant campaign launched out of the blue in more ways than […]
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Staffing problems mean dementia cases in Greenwich are under-reported
The number of people with dementia in Greenwich borough is being under-reported because of NHS staffing problems, it has emerged as new figures reveal neighbouring Bexley showed a trebling in the number of people diagnosed with the condition. A BBC investigation showed Greenwich had one of the lowest increases in England in the five years […]
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NHS winter crisis bites early after black alerts at Queen Elizabeth and Lewisham hospitals
Health bosses have moved to reassure patients after both Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Lewisham Hospital reached full capacity this week, triggering a “black alert”. Black alerts are issued when a hospital is “unable to deliver comprehensive emergency care”, according to the NHS’s official definition. It usually means the ambulance service is asked to take patients […]
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Thousands march to demand Lewisham A&E stays open
It was no day for a demo. But they came from across south-east London. These placards greeted me when I jumped on a bus in Charlton. When I arrived, twenty minutes before the march started, there were three or four hundred there. When I left, twenty minutes after the march started, there were three or […]
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