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September is ‘Recovery Month’ and this year the Waltham Forest Safeguarding Children’s Board, the Safeguarding Adults Board, the Health & Wellbeing Board and SafetyNet have focused their September newsletter on the hidden harm caused by…

The latest edition (7 September) of the North East London Health and Care Partnership public bulletin has been published online. This edition focusses on vaccinations, including for 16-17 year olds, 12-15 year olds and for people…

Wonder Warriors is a creative support for women and people affected by Endometriosis (diagnosed or suspected).  It affects everyone differently, so Wonder Warriors is all about exploring and developing different creative toolkits and initiatives to…

The take-up of COVID-19 vaccination appointments by residents from our local Black communities has been lower than for other local communities. On Sunday 15th August, ten local churches held a major church service with medical…

Barts Health NHS Trust have published the Summer 2021 Whipps Cross Redevelopment newsletter which you can read on the Future Whipps website.  In this edition, the hospital explains work done to improve services in the…

Barts Health NHS Trust, assisted by Locality (a national charity supporting community organisations), is looking to appoint an independent chair to support the Whipps Cross Community Forum, which brings community engagement specialists from Waltham Forest,…

The latest edition (11 August) of the North East London Health and Care Partnership public bulletin has been published online. This edition focuses on Covid-19 in pregnancy, NHS 111 and Summer Health Festival for young…

See here, on the North East London Health and Care Partnership website, for a list of vaccination centres in Waltham Forest.  

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) are currently looking for members of the public (usually referred to as ‘lay members’) to join the interventional procedures advisory committee who will help to develop and…