North London councillors alarmed by accommodation and care for discharged mental health patients

North London councillors alarmed by accommodation and care for discharged mental health patients

North Central London joint health overview and scrutiny committee chair Pippa Connor acknowledged there was a huge amount of “incredible positive and excellent” updates from Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS... Read more »
Patients seen queuing ‘around the block’ for GP care

Patients seen queuing ‘around the block’ for GP care

Patient Anna-Maria Cahalane posted pictures on X of people queuing outside Hilly Fields Medical Centre in Brockley, south London as they tried to get an appointment. She said that she decided to... Read more »
Aggressive patients could be shown ‘red card’ as hospital bids to curb abuse

Aggressive patients could be shown ‘red card’ as hospital bids to curb abuse

Aggressive patients or visitors could be banned from Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust for up to 12 months. The trust has also started using a series of body cameras... Read more »
South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust cares for eight patients with Covid-19 in hospital

South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust cares for eight patients with Covid-19 in hospital

Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry. South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust was caring for eight patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Sunday,... Read more »
£80 million new diagnostic centre approved for patients in North West London

£80 million new diagnostic centre approved for patients in North West London

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to announce final approval for the construction of a state-of-the-art Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre (ADC) at West Middlesex University Hospital. This comes after the... Read more »
Number of patients per GP in North London up by 20% in under a decade

Number of patients per GP in North London up by 20% in under a decade

Across London the number of GPs is down by 246 since 2015, representing 5% of the total The number of patients per GP across five North London boroughs has risen by 20%... Read more »
South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust cares for 16 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust cares for 16 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry. South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust was caring for 16 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Sunday,... Read more »
South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust cares for 13 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust cares for 13 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust was caring for 13 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Sunday, figures show. Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic... Read more »
GP surgeries in north west London could have hundreds of thousands of ‘ghost patients’

GP surgeries in north west London could have hundreds of thousands of ‘ghost patients’

GP surgeries in north west London could be receiving payments for hundreds of thousands of patients who may not exist, new figures suggest. File photo dated 10/09/14 of a registration form and... Read more »
South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust cares for 10 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust cares for 10 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust was caring for 10 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Sunday, figures show. Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic... Read more »