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Join Mental Health Mates Highams Park walk leader Steve for a gentle walk and talk to improve your mental health and wellbeing without fear of judgement. Everyone is welcome!

Here is a list of opticians within our borough.

Professor Lord Darzi’s Independent Investigation of the National Health Service in England was published on Thursday 12 September.

The focus of this research is to explore the experiences of physically disabled adults within crisis and inpatient mental health services.

Barts Health NHS Trust have updated guidance on visiting their hospitals including Whipps Cross hospital.

Bowel cancer is the 3rd most common type of cancer, and it can affect anyone. Screening can help prevent bowel cancer or find it at an early stage when it's easier to treat. This is why it's important that anyone that receives a bowel cancer screening kit uses it. Bowel cancer screening kits are available to everyone aged 50+.

Waltham Forest Council's Public Health are launching a campaign to promote the uptake of bowel cancer screenings in our borough.

If you are aged 50+, you can get a bowel cancer screening kit.

The London Assembly Health Committee is currently conducting an investigation into dentistry in London.

From September, all patients who are pregnant will be given the choice to access a Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) vaccine.

A new project across north east London delivered by University College London (UCL) will look at the role of Artificial Intelligence in identifying people who may be at risk of needing urgent care, and linking them to support services before they need urgent help. Artificial Intelligence involves the development of computer systems which can perform tasks normally requiring humans.

Barts Health NHS Trust hospitals are having their 2024 Patient-Led Assessment of the Care Environment (PLACE) assessments.

The North East London Integrated Care Board has a Vaccinations Hub on their website.