The #OneThing you need to know this Bowel Cancer Awareness Month
Nine out of ten people survive bowel cancer if diagnosed at the earliest stage. April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, when the NHS works alongside Bowel Cancer UK to raise awareness of the fourth most common cancer in the UK. Every 15 minutes someone is diagnosed...
Haringey achieves the highest rating for SEND services
Haringey has received the highest rating for delivering high quality services for young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) following a joint area inspection by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Dutch Health Minister visits Rathmore House in Camden
Representatives of the Integrated Care Board joined a visit with Dutch Health Minister Conny Helder to showcase the new technologies and innovations that have been put in place to improve the health and care of residents.
New scheme launches which will alert GPs to high pollution in order to protect patients
GP practices in London will be alerted to episodes of high air pollution to help them protect patients against the dangers of poor-quality air, under a scheme launched this month. Emails about air quality alerts will be sent to GPs and emergency departments across...
North Central London celebrates another win at the HSJ Awards
Finchley Memorial Hospital’s Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) have won an award at the Health Service Journal Partnership Awards.
Whooping cough cases rising
Whooping cough (pertussis) cases are rising and babies who are too young to start their vaccinations are at greatest risk. Whooping cough is a serious infection that causes long bouts of coughing and choking, making it hard to breathe.
Start Well: Public consultation on proposed changes to maternity, neonatal, and children’s surgical services now closed
The NHS public consultation around proposed changes to maternity, neonatal, and children’s surgical services in North Central London closed on Sunday 17 March 2024.
New state-of-the-art mental health inpatient building ready for service users
The completion of Highgate East, a brand-new NHS mental health inpatient building on the Camden, Haringey and Islington border was marked on Friday 1 March.
Improvements to the way we provide NHS eye surgery in north central London
A new hub for planned eye surgery means 3,000 more procedures can be carried out every year. This will reduce waiting times for some patients who need sight-saving operations.