News and reports

Celebrate National Social Prescribing Day with Waltham Forest team of social prescribers. Join them on Thursday 14th March from 12 to 2pm at Leyton Sports Ground, 485 Leyton High Road, Leyton, London, E10 6RJ.

This year’s theme is “stopping smoking protects your brain health” as smoking increases the risk of dementia.

March is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.

Hospital patients who are signed up to Patients Know Best can now check their blood test results. The results will be uploaded along with guidance to help interpret them. Any sensitive findings will be communicated to patients by their healthcare team before they appear in the portal.

Celebrate neurodiversity by signing up for one or more of 24 free online events from Monday 18th March to Friday 22nd March.

Quit Right Waltham Forest offer a range of free treatment to help you quit smoking.

Are you struggling to find an NHS dentist? The new dental recovery plan might help you get the dental care you need.

‘Share for Better Care’ is a new campaign launched by Healthwatch to help address health inequalities across England. Last year, Healthwatch received nearly 400,000 experiences of health and social care. When services are under pressure, feedback on care can be crucial to identify what is working and what issues need fixing. But not everyone’s voice is being heard.
‘Share for Better Care’ aims to help more people give feedback about their care, especially if their community experiences poor health outcomes.

The Patients’ Forum for the London Ambulance Service are hosting an online (Zoom) event on Monday 4th March from 5.30pm to 7pm.

The British Medical Association have announced that junior doctors will strike between 7am on Saturday 24 February to 11.59pm on Wednesday 28 February

Two FREE Bollywood Fitness Workshops are being held at the Mill Community Centre, 7-11 Coppermill Lane, E17 7HA on Saturday 09th March from 10.30am to 11.10am and 11.20am to 12 noon.

Join Diabetes UK for an online (Zoom) Type 1 Chat to talk about relationships and living with Type 1 diabetes for those aged 16 to 25.

Wednesday 6th March from 7pm to 8pm.