Stoptober is back, calling on smokers in England to join the 2.5 million others who have made a quit attempt with the campaign since it first launched. Over 5 million adults in England still smoke, and it remains the biggest behavioural cause of preventable illness and death, with 64,000 deaths a year. This year’s Stoptober […]
By Dr Katie Coleman As Clinical Director of the Community Led Prevention programme at Transformation Partners in Health and Care (TPHC), I am excited to bring my knowledge as a GP in Islington to help support the brilliant work of the community chests in London. I have already seen the power of this in Islington, […]
What we do hasn’t changed The pan-London homeless health programme led by Transformation Partners in Health and Care becomes the Homeless Health London Partnership. This new brand marks a fresh start while reinforcing the programme’s commitment to its core mission. That is to improve the access to, experience of, and outcomes from health care for […]
More than 360,000 people across the capital have completed free, suicide prevention training as part of the #ZeroSuicideLDN campaign. Launched by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan in September 2019, with support from the NHS in London, the citywide #ZeroSuicideLDN campaign aims to encourage Londoners to access free, online suicide prevention training. Developed by the […]
Searching for Answers is a short film which shares Edward and Christie’s* personal experiences of homelessness, substance use and mental health. This film invites us to reflect and recognise the enormous difference it can make when treating people with co-occurring conditions with kindness and compassion. Watch the film here *Some names and identities have been […]
From 1 October, the standards measuring waiting times for cancer diagnosis and treatment are being modernised and simplified. The NHS will move from the 10 different standards in place now to three: Faster Diagnosis Standard: a diagnosis or ruling out of cancer within 28 days of referral (set at 75%) 31-day treatment standard: commence treatment […]
This fact sheet has been developed by the NHS England (London region) children and young people’s asthma team to share key information on the risks and management of asthma.
5 July 2023 marks the 75th birthday of the National Health Service (NHS). When it was founded in 1948, the NHS was the first universal health system to be available to all, free at the point of delivery. Today, 90% of people agree that healthcare should still be free of charge, 84% think that care should […]
A project to promote the use of Faecal Immunohistochemical Testing (FIT) in urgent secondary care is scheduled to launch this summer across two hospital sites in north east London. The aim of the pilot is to reduce the time to diagnosis by investigating high-risk patients who present to secondary care emergency departments with lower GI […]
According to research by Macmillan Cancer Support, one in every four women don’t attend their cervical screening test, and London has some of the lowest rates in the country, standing at just 65.7% of eligible individuals (NHS Digital, 2021). The reasons for this can be varied, from a general lack of awareness about cervical screening through to concern […]