Struggling community centres in Harlow urged to apply for share of £500K funds – Cadent Gas

Struggling community centres in Harlow urged to apply for share of £500K funds – Cadent Gas

VITAL support is being offered to those who need it the most this winter as Cadent, the UK’s largest gas distribution network, looks to extend its Centres for Warmth programme. With over... Read more »
East London urgent treatment centres out of special measures

East London urgent treatment centres out of special measures

The centres, at King George Hospital in Goodmayes, Queen’s Hospital in Romford, Harold Wood Polyclinic and Barking Hospital were all rated as ‘inadequate’ after inspections late last year. Two of the centres... Read more »
Plans for two new Croydon health centres to be paused over ‘financial climate’ – South London News

Plans for two new Croydon health centres to be paused over ‘financial climate’ – South London News

By Tara O’Connor, Local Democracy Reporter Plans for new health centres in Coulsdon and New Addington have been paused, with the NHS blaming the “current financial climate”. Croydon was awarded £9.7m by... Read more »
7 new community diagnostic centres to offer more patients life-saving checks

7 new community diagnostic centres to offer more patients life-saving checks

7 new community diagnostic centres will open to provide quicker diagnoses to patients –  a step forward in the government’s plan to roll out 160 by 2025 More than 1.7 million tests,... Read more »
Thames Water reviews data centres’ water use as London hosepipe ban looms

Thames Water reviews data centres’ water use as London hosepipe ban looms

Thames Water has launched a probe into the impact of data centres on water supplies in and around London as the company is set to impose a hosepipe ban on its 15mn... Read more »
Leisure centres and swimming pools could close amid a national shortage of chlorine

Leisure centres and swimming pools could close amid a national shortage of chlorine

Britons are bracing themselves for a summer holiday disaster with public swimming pools shutting up early during their busiest period of the year over fears the national supply of chlorine could run... Read more »
Wandsworth waste collection centres set for four days of industrial action – South London News

Wandsworth waste collection centres set for four days of industrial action – South London News

BY JAMES [email protected] A “stinking summer” looms as strikes by refuse workers and employees at waste collection centres could spark months of bin chaos. Workers at two waste collection centres, in Wandsworth and... Read more »
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COVID latest: More than 23,000 new confirmed UK Omicron cases – as Christmas Eve shoppers avoid city centres | UK News

There are 377 local areas in the UK and 98% have seen a week-on-week rise in cases.  The top 17 areas are all in the capital, led by Lambeth, Wandsworth, and Hackney... Read more »

NHS urges people to get ‘gift of a jab’ at booster centres open on Christmas Day | Vaccines and immunisation

NHS England has said there are 200,000 vaccination appointments available on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day and urged anybody due a booster to consider coming forward “to get the gift... Read more »
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NHS staff help build new south London mental health centres

NHS staff tried their hand as brickies recently amid the building work on two new mental health facilities due to open in south west London next year. The future ‘Springfield Village’ now... Read more »