Health
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Thousands Wait Over 3 Weeks For GP Appointment In Hounslow
Over 90,000 appointments were made more than three weeks after a patient called a GP surgery in Hounslow in the space of a year.
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Children’s Mental Health: More Receiving Treatment in Southwark
A total of 1,502 children and young people were referred to mental health specialists in Southwark in 2019.
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Children’s Mental Health: Vacancies Equivalent To 70 Full Time Staff
The NHS Trust responsible for mental health services in Southwark has vacancies for the equivalent of 70 full-time members of staff.
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Children’s Mental Health: Waiting Times In Southwark Doubled In 5 Years
Children in Southwark waited more than twice as long to see a mental health specialist in 2019 than 2015.
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More Than 1,600 Arrests For Drug-Related Crime in Harrow Over 5 Years
More than 1,600 people were taken into Harrow custody suite by police for drug-related crime between 2015 and 2019.
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Lewisham Addiction Treatment Services Cut By Over £1m In Five Years
Lewisham Council has cut its funding for drug and alcohol addiction treatment services from £4.9 million in 2015/16 to £3.8 million in 2019/20.
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South London Mental Illness: Over 4,000 More Diagnosed A Year Since 2015
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust had 27,965 patients diagnosed with a mental illness in 2019 and 23,827 five years earlier.
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800 Opioid Overdoses Treated In Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals in 5 Years
800 people were admitted to Guy's, St Thomas' and Evelina Childrens hospitals for opioid overdoses between 2015 and 2019, with admissions peaking in 2018.
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Children’s Mental Health: Southwark Council Boost Budget
Southwark Council boosted spending on children mental health services by £557,643 from 2015 to 2019, now spending more than a million pounds a year.
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Teen Drug Overdoses: 152 Teenagers Admitted To Epsom And St Helier Hospitals
152 teenagers were admitted to Sutton's NHS Epsom and St Helier Hospitals in 2019 for drug overdoses, up from 146 in 2015.
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Sutton Council Cut Substance Abuse Programmes By £200,000
Funding for drug and alcohol addiction treatment services by Sutton Council has been reduced from £2.2 million in 2016/17 to £1.9 million in 2019/20.
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Sutton NHS Trust Does Not Count Knife Stabbings
Sutton's NHS trust doesn't record how many people are admitted to their hospitals for stab wounds but does measure 'sharp object' incidents.
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