Day: July 10, 2015

    GPs from the Limehouse Practice in Gill Street hosted a special meeting with the Rt Hon. Alistair Burt MP, Minister of State for Community and Social Care, on Friday, 3rd July. The Minister was keeping a promise made by the Health Secretary, the Rt. Hon. Jeremy Hunt MP, to shadow Limehouse GP Naureen Bhatti for a day. When Jeremy Hunt could not find a date before the autumn, Alistair Burt was sent instead – because the Limehouse Practice faces closure by September if NHS England fails to offer a solution. During the visit, Alistair Burt met six practice partners, staff and patients, as well as members of the Tower Hamlets Clinical Commissioning Group and supporters of the Save Our Surgeries campaign, which has been campaigning for the survival of local GP practices. T...

    If you work in London chances are you're not in a good mood this morning. The biggest London Underground (LU) strike since 2002 has closed the entire tube network since 6.30pm last night and services won't resume until Friday morning. An extra 200 buses, additional hire bikes and river services have all been laid on to help cope with the increased demand, Transport for London said. One image that has been widely shared on Facebook and Twitter is the table below, showing the differences in salary, hours and working conditions for train drivers and doctors: "London Tube drivers do get a raw deal don't they!! Thanks to @citymapper we're free to roam around London ‪#‎beatthestrike‬ ‪#‎driverlesstrains‬ ‪#‎pointlessstrike‬," explained Ed Har-ries when sharing the image on F...