A new wellness clinic has been launched for Black and Asian residents to help detect long-term health conditions. The new service, launched by Guy’s and St Thomas’ and in partnership with local faith and community groups, is for residents in Lambeth and Southwark.
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Young people aged 12 to 15 in Greenwich will soon start receiving their Covid-19 jab. Greenwich GPs, supported by Oxleas Young Greenwich school nurses, are rolling out the vaccination programme to schools across the borough.
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Latest figures show that two million Covid-19 vaccinations have been delivered across South-west London. The milestone comes ahead of invitations going out to children offering them a dose of the Pfizer vaccine at school as part of the biggest vaccination programme in the NHS’ history.
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Sian Bayley, formerly a Local Democracy Reporter, now senior reporter at The Bookseller, has been announced as the winner as part of the Regional Press Awards which showcase the very best in regional and local journalism from across the UK.
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Nightlife industry chiefs have warned of “very difficult times ahead” for London’s night time economy as the capital faces a “catastrophic” shortage of door staff.
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Festivals in Morden Park this weekend must be Covid-safe, the council’s coronavirus lead says. Up to 10,000 people a day are expected to attended Beautiful People and Southbound festivals at the park this weekend.
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Around 80 people in Merton are testing positive for Covid-19 each day, prompting warnings to stay safe. Lead for Covid-19 resilience at the council Barry Causer told a meeting on Wednesday night (September 1) that infections are being driven by the delta variant in people aged 16-29.
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A woman in her early 20s who was bed-bound for seven months after catching coronavirus is urging other young Londoners to get vaccinated. Ella Harwood works as an illustrator and had no health concerns before she caught Covid-19.
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The NHS in south West London has joined the government’s call for young people to get vaccinate, as patients in their 20s and 30s share their stories about the effects of Covid-19.The latest figures show that hospitals are seeing a rise in unvaccinated young adults admitted with Covid-19. A fifth of Covid-19 hospital admissions in England are aged 18 to 34 – four times higher than the peak in the winter of 2020.
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Hammersmith and Fulham has seen a significant drop in people turning up for Covid vaccinations with just 45 vaccinations recorded in one day. Other boroughs often see hundreds of jabs given out each day with neighbouring borough Ealing giving out around 200 jabs each day, according to Public Health England.
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Some of the richest boroughs in London have seen Universal Credit (UC) claims double since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, new figures reveal. Wandsworth, Richmond and Kingston had 9,525 claiming UC in February 2020 – which has now more than doubled to 21,820 as of July 2021.
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Some young people are being “covert” in getting their Covid vaccines because they don’t want to be seen to be “selling out” to the government, medics have been told. It is a marked difference to the start of the national vaccine programme, when many of the first cohort of people getting the jab were keen to share the news with friends and neighbours.
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Hammersmith hospitals have seen a rise in patients admitted to ICU as Covid-19 cases rise in the borough. Imperial Hospital Trust, which looks after St Mary’s, Hammersmith, Chelsea, Western Eye and Charing Cross hospitals, has seen a rise in people entering critical care with coronavirus.
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Nurses and midwives have been honoured for ‘going above and beyond’ for patients at Guy’s and St Thomas’.
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Twenty-six vehicles, eight arrests and £30k worth of stolen power tools have been recovered during a huge police operation over the weekend. Over 150 cops from units across the Metropolitan police took part in the operation to disrupt county lines drug gangs that took place on Saturday, August 7, across Croydon, Sutton and Bromley.
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A new walk-through Covid-19 testing facility has opened at Burgess Park Car Park, Albany Road, in Southwark. Testing at this site is only available for those with symptoms which include a high temperature, a new continuous cough, or a loss or change to your sense of smell or tas
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Nightclub bosses have warned that the introduction of vaccine passports next month will be “detrimental to business” as London’s nightlife scene faces a slow return to normal since July 19. Boris Johnson announced last month that proof of full vaccination would be required to enter nightclubs from the end of September, by which time most adults are expected to have been offered both jabs.
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London’s creative sector is to receive a £3 million boost to support its recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced. The money will be used to improve skills and employment opportunities through the Mayor’s Creative Enterprise Zone scheme.
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Nearly 350,000 Londoners were still on furlough at the end of June despite the imminent easing of lockdown restrictions, according to new Government figures. Since it launched in March 2020, the furlough scheme has supported a total of 11.6 million jobs.
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