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Judicial review could 'stop GP surgery privatisation'

GP services in the borough are 'below average'

Stefania Di Cio

The takeover of London GP practices by private US health insurance group Centene will undergo a judicial review next week.

Our writer was told her mother was bed blocking. Photo: Peter Byrne/PA Wire.

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Covid patients numbers declining in east London hospitals

Andrew Brookes

File photo dated 29/10/21 of a care home resident holding hands with her daughter. The Government ha

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Care home visitor limits to be lifted next week

Owen Sennitt

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Great Mental Health Day 2022 is on January 28

Mental Health

Get involved in London's first Great Mental Health Day

André Langlois

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Barts Heath NHS Trust workers employed by Serco on strike and demanding a proper pay increase

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'Time to end the injustice': Barts staff set to strike amid pay dispute

Sally Patterson

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A direction sign outside the Elland Road Leeds COVID Vaccination Centre, as the coronavirus booster

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East London boroughs lag behind rest of country for Covid booster uptake

Andrew Brookes

Queen's Hospital, Romford. Picture: Ken Mears

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Patients with Covid in east London hospitals fall after rising for weeks

Andrew Brookes

Shoppers in Norwich staying safe in face masks.
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How are England's Covid restrictions changing after Plan B?

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Great Dunmow is holding a walk-in Covid-19 vaccine clinic on December 29

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Almost 3,000 Barts Health hospital staff yet to have Covid jab, figures...

Alastair Lockhart, LDRS

File photo dated 30/11/2021 of Health Secretary Sajid Javid who has announced Hotel quarantine for t

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'We must learn to live with Covid' says health secretary on Plan B's end

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Specialist and patient at a Talking therapy meeting

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NHS trust launches £1.8m fund for community groups tackling mental...

Holly Chant

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes a statement ahead of Prime Minister's Questions in the House of C

Plan B measures to be scrapped across England

Owen Sennitt

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Four patients have now died at Newham University Hospital after being diagnosed with coronavirus. Pi

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Coroner concerned with Barts NHS trust after woman 'unlawfully killed'

Michael Cox

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A nurse administers a coronavirus vaccine

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Councils with low Covid vaccine rates given funds to help people get jabbed

Andrew Brookes

Sajid Javid was made Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government in the January

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Covid self-isolation period to be cut to five days

Grace Piercy

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A member of staff wearing PPE walks through a ward for Covid patients at King's College Hospital

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Rise in Covid cases at east London hospitals slowing

Andrew Brookes

Staff at the East London Foundation Trust - which has been rated 'outstanding' for the third time running

East London NHS Trust rates 'outstanding' for third time running

William Mata

Norfolk NHS staff sickness rates

London Live News

How many NHS staff are off sick with Covid in east London?

Andrew Brookes

Nadhim Zahawi in the House of Commons

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Government minister supports cutting Covid self-isolation to five days

Sean Galea-Pace

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Queen's Hospital is run by Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust. Pic: Ken

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Patients with Covid still rising across east London hospitals

Andrew Brookes

A sign informing customers that there are no lateral flow test kits available a Boots Pharmacy in Bracknell, Berkshire.

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Explained: New PCR test rules brought in as Omicron cases surge

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, on coronavirus (Covi

'We have a chance to ride it out' - PM says no new restrictions planned

Owen Sennitt

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Secondary school pupils in masks

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What are the new Covid rules as pupils return to school?

Grace Piercy

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People queue for coronavirus testing

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Three quarters of those with colds likely to have Covid, study finds

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An antibiotic-resistant strain of gonorrhoea has been detected in London

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Health warning issued after gonorrhoea strain detected in London

Emma Bartholomew

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A nurse checks on a patient suffering with Covid-19 on the critical care unit at the Royal Papworth

London Live News

How many Covid patients are there in east London hospitals today?

Andrew Brookes

Lateral flow Covid tests have proved popular as people test before Christmas and New Year's celebrations

Coronavirus

What does a faint red line on a lateral flow Covid test mean?

Matthew Earth

Doctor David Lockey, paramedic Sam Margetts and driving standards manager Paul Smith on the new team's first shift

Air ambulance introduces new team to increase its service

Michael Cox

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Magda Smith, newly appointed group deputy chief medical officer at Barts Health.

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Top doctor’s new job 'signals closer collaboration' at hospital trusts

Daniel Gayne

Health secretary Sajid Javid

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People with Omicron up to 70pc less likely to need visit to hospital

Sean Galea-Pace

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