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Sep 2, 2022

Life-saving campaign launches in London: “Your next poo could save your life”

Bowel cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in the UK, with the majority of cases detected in those over 60-years-old. NHS England — London is running a lifesaving campaign until October to encourage more people to do their free NHS bowel cancer screening test, which checks…

Bowel Cancer

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Life-saving campaign launches in London: “Your next poo could save your life”
Life-saving campaign launches in London: “Your next poo could save your life”
Bowel Cancer

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Jul 1, 2022

Love with no labels — why Pride is important to me

Throughout my adult life I had always been in a heterosexual relationship. I never had to declare who I slept with at work, I had never experienced homophobia and neither had I been told I should be sent for conversion therapy to change how I feel. My life, in relation…

Pride

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Love with no labels — why Pride is important to me
Love with no labels — why Pride is important to me
Pride

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Jun 5, 2022

Carers count

For Carers Week 2022, Debbie Hustings, Leadership Support Manager for the London Commitment to Carers Programme at NHS England shares her thoughts on what it is to be a carer. I have heard it be said that there are only four kinds of people in the world: 1. Those who…

Healthcare

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Carers count
Carers count
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Apr 5, 2022

Bowel Cancer Awareness Month — Nav Johal’s story of survival

April is #BowelCancerAwarenessMonth. Every 15 minutes, someone in the UK is diagnosed with bowel cancer, but finding it early makes it more treatable. Football-loving Nav Johal was diagnosed with bowel cancer in February 2019. Here she shares her experience. Hello, I’m Nav and I was diagnosed with Bowel Cancer in…

Health

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Bowel Cancer Awareness Month — Nav Johal’s story of survival
Bowel Cancer Awareness Month — Nav Johal’s story of survival
Health

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Mar 30, 2022

Autism Acceptance Week — changing the narrative.

Hi, I’m Andrew and I’m autistic. I’m also the Autism Programme Development Lead for NHS London. It still feels remarkable to have an autistic person in a senior role about autism, but it shouldn’t, and perhaps that is part of the problem that still remains in understanding autism better. Of…

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Autism Acceptance Week — changing the narrative.
Autism Acceptance Week — changing the narrative.

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Mar 18, 2022

Should my healthy teenager get the COVID-19 vaccine?

By Dr Jonathan Cohen, Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Westminster (part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust). Almost 2.5 million healthy 12–15-year-olds across England have already taken up the offer of the COVID-19 vaccine. You might be asking yourself, ‘Why does my healthy child…

Vaccines

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Should my healthy teenager get the COVID-19 vaccine?
Should my healthy teenager get the COVID-19 vaccine?
Vaccines

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Oct 7, 2021

Black History Month — Jesca Gudza’s story

Following the George Floyd case, Black Lives Matter campaign and the pandemic, I decided that I would join Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) groups within my organisation, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. …

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Black History Month — Jesca Gudza’s story
Black History Month — Jesca Gudza’s story

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Aug 12, 2021

Becoming a nurse — my unexpected journey

For GCSE results day this year, we’re sharing a blog from Staff Nurse Jessica Sterry, who works at Bartholomew’s Hospital. She reflects on how she began her unexpected career journey as a nurse, and where this has led her to be now. I never knew I wanted to become a…

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Becoming a nurse — my unexpected journey
Becoming a nurse — my unexpected journey

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Jun 23, 2021

Biomedical Science Day

For Biomedical Science Day on 24 June 2021, Etain Clarke, Principal Quality Manager in Blood Transfusion at Health Services Laboratories explains what her day job involves. I oversee the laboratory quality framework in blood transfusion and support Biomedical scientists and laboratory staff in delivering a pathology service, ensuring this meets…

Science

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Science

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May 7, 2021

Living with Ovarian Cancer

For World Ovarian Cancer Day on 8 May 2021, Jessica Gutch — aka @Jessi_gooooch on Instagram — shares her experience of being diagnosed with ovarian cancer aged 26 and living with the condition. I was what’s called an A&E diagnosis, which means that your cancer is discovered through an emergency…

Cancer

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Living with Ovarian Cancer
Living with Ovarian Cancer
Cancer

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