A row of stitches holding shut Kevin’s* stomach had burst open when he arrived at the door of nurse Stephanie O’Leary’s clinic for rough sleepers in Ilford.
Redbridge Council’s Labour administration held a formal protest at the borough’s town hall yesterday (Monday, November 26) over concerns about long waits at A&E departments in local hospitals.
The mother of a boy awarded almost £13million after a catastrophic brain injury at birth has spoken of her anger at the botched delivery that changed his life.
An unflappable Ilford grandmother helped deliver the baby of a pregnant Gravesend mother after her waters broke unexpectedly on the train to Stratford International.
Christmas is just around the corner, and that means that Redbridge residents brave enough to run the London Marathon will be throwing themselves into training.
NHS staff at hospitals across east London are almost twice as likely to be victims of abuse as the national average, according to the results of an England-wide healthcare survey.
Walk-in services will be closed at Loxford Polyclinic – one of the most deprived and ethnically diverse areas in the borough – despite more than 4,000 people signing a petition in opposition.
A boxing club in Clayhall Park which says its young members are being driven away by barking dogs during the winter months is urging the council to allow a gate to be installed.
An unsuspecting shopper was horrified to encounter about 10 rats scurrying feverishly in a flower bed between two high street giants in South Woodford.
Patients at King George Hospital face some of the longest waiting times for tests for bowel cancer but the hospital trust insists those who are suspected of having cancer are seen to within two weeks.
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT) raked in a seven-figure sum last year through parking charges which includes cash from its own staff.
Redbridge’s NHS services will receive more than £1.1million of extra funding this winter to help alleviate growing pressures on our hospitals, the Department for Health announced today (Wednesday, October 17).
New CCTV set up outside an Ilford school is not “just to spy on parents” illegally dropping off their children on zigzag lines, Redbridge Council confirmed.
Attracting and retaining GPs in Redbridge has been a major issue of concern but a new recruitment drive has successfully boosted numbers in the borough.
The number of diabetic people having “devastating” toe, foot and limb amputations in Redbridge has shot up by more than 50pc since 2014, shocking figures reveal.
The amount of doctors shifts that were left uncovered in BHRUT’s accident and emergency departments has doubled in the last year, research has revealed.
The pregnancy rate among under 18s in Redbridge has halved since records began and is now lower than the London-wide average, with experts saying sexting and online chats are replacing sexual relationships.
The medical director of Redbridge’s NHS hospital trust has left the organisation, less than a month after an independent report into its leadership determined his position was potentially “unsustainable”.
Two thirds of the people using the NHS Stop Smoking Service in Redbridge managed to quit, according to the latest figures – a much higher success rate than the national average.
An urgent care centre in Goodmayes has been placed in special measures and rated Inadequate after inspectors found a number of “extremely concerning” safety issues.
Redbridge’s NHS hospital trust is celebrating after hitting cancer treatment waiting time targets for an entire year – a benchmark that hasn’t been managed nationwide in almost 13 years.
A financial investigation by the NHS into Redbridge’s hospital trust has blamed a “lack of clear leadership” for the organisation having to take a £20.7million emergency bail out last year.
The Exchange in Ilford has added a state-of-the-art, Savannah-themed play area, with hand painted animal sculptures, to its brand new family zone, designed by American creative agency Playtime
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