Health and care
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The Drop In Bereavement Centre is providing free peer support and bereavement counselling to men.
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North East London Health & Care Partnership is asking people who live, work or visit Ilford or the nearby area to share their views on plans to create a new health and care centre in the heart of Ilford town centre.
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There are a free spots left on the next Talk For Health programme, starting on Saturday 1st October.
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The NHS is inviting children aged 1 to 9 in Redbridge to receive a vaccine against polio. For some children this will be an additional booster dose if they are already up to date with their routine vaccinations. In others who are not up to date it will be a catch-up dose.
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Aanchal Women’s Aid has launched a new therapy programme to provide participants with tools to leave trauma behind.
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W4W is a community-based project focused on bridging the knowledge gap among African and Caribbean women regarding HIV prevention, PrEP and how to access it. The project works by training local women in SRH and HIV Prevention, who then take this knowledge to their networks.
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The North East London Cancer Alliance is working on a campaign to increase awareness of the signs and symptoms of womb cancer among women in north east London.
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One Place East is carrying out research into the employability needs of blind and sight loss communities in Redbrdige.
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The Ilford and District Diabetic Group is looking for a Chairperson to help its committee with raising public awareness of diabetes and fundraising for research.
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Healthwatch has launched a survey to understand experiences of maternity care in East London.
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Redbridge Council is delivering Healthy Bengali Cooking workshops to the local Bangladeshi community.
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Healthwatch Redbridge would like to hear about people’s experiences of maternity services at their local hospitals. The organisation wants to ensure that people are offered the best experience when using maternity services.
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BHRUT is looking for dedicated volunteers to assist with a variety of roles across hospitals in North East London.
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The Met Office has issued a Level-3 Heat-Health Alert from this weekend into next week. The Heatwave Plan for England includes important notes for community groups.
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Today is ICS launch day, when integrated care systems formally become statutory bodies. The Kings Fund has released some useful information on ICSs.
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This week is Cervical Screening Awareness Week (20 – 26 June). NHS North East London is encouraging people with a cervix aged 25-64 to respond to their cervical screening invitation letters and to book an appointment at their GP practice if they missed their last one,
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Healthwatch Redbridge is delivering Mental Health First Aid Training.
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This week is Child Safety Week (6 - 12 June). Local Safeguarding Partnerships would like to provide you with helpful resources on water safety and safer sleeping for babies to help promote child safety.
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Healthy London Partnership has launched a new podcast series to increase awareness of personality disorders, centring people with lived experience.
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Doctors in north east London are urging people to use local health services wisely over the Jubilee bank holiday weekend to ensure everyone can get the care they need.
