The Hillingdon Health & Social Care Select Committee met this week to discuss the future of the Mount Vernon Minor Injuries Unit. It is being closed, and its services being transferred to the existing Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) at Hillingdon Hospital. The decision, and perhaps more specifically, the decision making process, has become a bit […]
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What is the Pembroke Centre in Ruislip Manor all about?
Published on 4th March 2025 in Health
Opposite the churches and Kwikfit on Pembroke Road is the mysterious sounding Confederation at the Pembroke Centre. The sign on the wall by the door explains only that it was opened by Roy Castle in 1992. It’s obviously something to do with Star Trek the NHS, but what exactly is it, and how can you […]
Devonshire Lodge Practice is recruiting for its Patient Participation Group
Published on 6th February 2025 in Health
Devonshire Lodge Practice is looking for registered patients to join them to attend a group to help improve their services. Just what is a ‘PPG’? – try it and see! Would you like to glimpse behind the scenes and find out how your GP practice and even the NHS is organised? Could you help […]
Hillingdon Hospital plans approved and funded
Published on 20th January 2025 in Health
We are very happy to see that Hillingdon Hospital is listed in “Wave 1” of the list of new hospitals to be built, and that funding (estimated at £1-1.5bn) is confirmed in today’s government review of the new hospital building programme. News reports are sure to follow with more details as they emerge, but the […]
Local Pharmacy Supports National Campaign
Published on 10th October 2024 in Health
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 […]
