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Local Pharmacy Supports National Campaign

Howletts Pharmacy in Ruislip is supporting the National Pharmacy Association’s Campaign to save pharmacies across the country including its own. Two petitions, signed by numerous local residents, have recently been sent to the local Member of Parliament, David Simmonds, who is very supportive. He visited the pharmacy in September and has written to the Health […]

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Health Matters – September 2022

ACUTE HOSPITAL PARTNERSHIP FOR NORTH WEST LONDON The four acute NHS trusts in north west London are to come together under a single board in common from autumn 2022. They are the Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (FT), Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS FT, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and London North West University Healthcare […]

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The New National Lockdown

On Monday night (4th January), Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that England would enter another national lockdown from Wednesday. You can find details of the new restrictions here. Summary: what you can and cannot do during the national lockdown You must stay at home. The single most important action we can all take is to […]

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Town Crier COVID-19 Update

If a week is a long time in politics, it’s an eternity in a global health crisis! Two weeks ago we sent the latest edition of the Town Crier to the printers, but since then we have had to cancel our general meeting in April, and many of the events we were promoting in this […]

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October 2017 Health Update

National Serious Patient Safety Incidents: Drawing on lessons from the airline industry, the September Health Service Safety Investigations Bill set up the Heatlh Service Safety Investigations Body. independent of the NHS and at arms length from government, with far reaching access to investigate serious safety incidents or risks to patient safety. London London Ambulance Service: […]

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