Tower Hamlets news

Help us shape end of life and palliative care across north east London

Care and support for people at the end of life needs to be delivered with compassion and care. We are inviting those with experience of end of life or palliative care to give their views. This may be from their own personal experience, their experiences caring for a family member, or from a bereavement in the last year. This may include children, young people, as well as adults. The aim is to further understand the things that help and the things that don’t, so that we can make services more sensitive to people’s differing needs, cultures and circumstances. We appreciate…

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North east London launches a new website to help patients manage their health and wellbeing

Patients in north east London will benefit from a new website that provides useful information and links to local and national resources to help them manage their own health and wellbeing.  The new ‘Wait well, Stay well.’ website is designed to provide useful information and links to local and national resources to help people manage their own health and wellbeing while they wait for hospital treatment Andrew Lappin, deputy head of elective recovery at NHS north east London said: “We recognised that the Covid-19 pandemic meant that some operations were postponed or delayed and waiting times increased.   While everyone in north…

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Vote on a name for the new health centre coming to Ilford

Staff and people living or working in north east London are being asked their view on what would be a good name for a new health centre in Ilford.  The centre is expected to open in spring 2024 and has been designed to act as a ‘one stop shop’ providing easy access to a range of health, social care and community services in a single central location. A shortlist of names has been compiled and we are inviting people to select their favourite. The options include: The Exchange Health and Care Hub Ilford Health and Care Hub Ilford Exchange Health…

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Improving stroke services for local people

Our long term conditions team is working to improve care services for people who have had a mini stoke (known as a Transient Ischaemic Attack or TIA) or a stroke. A TIA is also known as a mini stroke and is a warning sign that someone may be at risk of having a full stroke, That means it is important to be seen within 24 hours of symptoms starting. Currently, people who are suspected of having a TIA can be seen by a specialist from Monday to Friday at our acute hospitals – the Royal London, Homerton, Whipps Cross, Newham…

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The ‘Big Conversation’ in north east London

The ’Big Conversation’ is about listening to the people in our communities, hearing their thoughts about health, care and wellbeing in north east London and, most importantly, acting on them. It will help us focus on what matters to local people and to work with them and you, our partners, to improve truly quality and outcomes and address inequalities.  The ‘Big Conversation’ builds on our recently published interim integrated care strategy that is turning our ambitions into actions and is an opportunity to focus on what matters to local people. Based on what we already know and what local people…

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