An MP and midwives have launched a scathing attack on NHS chiefs over the abrupt closure of the only maternity unit in the borough with the highest birthrate in London. Campaigners have warned that ...

Staff at the birth centre have volunteered to transition over to Newham Hospital’s maternity unit or provide antenatal and postnatal care at the Barking Community Centre.

Transport for London (TfL) wants to reroute the 287 and school service 687 along Maplestead Road and Goresbrook Road in Becontree. Both buses would still run to and from Barking station, with the ...

Objectives To identify characteristics of general practices associated with emergency hospital admission rates, and determine whether levels of performance and patient reports of access are associated ...

It was like an old friend returning to the embrace of loving arms; ...

Clive Lewis, MP for Norwich South, who organised a petition against the closure alongside Ms Macdonald, added: "Thousands of people signed Norwich Labour's door-to-door petition and many hundreds said ...

The decision not to close the NHS walk-in centre in Norwich has been welcomed by community leaders who fought to save it.

The walk-in centre, at Rouen House, in Rouen Road, is used by about 72,000 people every year and previously faced closure in 2023 before a new contract was agreed. But in March, the ICB said it was ...

Patients are being encouraged to share their views on controversial plans for NHS services, including closing or cutting the hours of a walk-in centre. The centre in Norwich – which sees about ...

Patients are being encouraged to share their views on controversial plans for NHS services, including closing or cutting the hours of a walk-in centre. The centre in Norwich – which sees about ...

The walk-in centre, at Rouen House, in Rouen Road, is used by about 72,000 people every year and previously faced closure in 2023 before a new contract was agreed. But in March, the ICB said it ...

The National Health Service (NHS) introduced the first walk-in centres during 2000, with an initial wave of 40 centres opening in various community and hospital locations. 1 The aim was to improve the ...