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Healthcare workers helping a patient use stairs

Centre of excellence for inpatient orthopaedic surgery gets the go-ahead

A proposal to bring together most routine inpatient orthopaedic surgery in north west London in a new centre of excellence at Central Middlesex Hospital was approved today (Tuesday 21 March) by NHS North West London, the sector’s integrated care board. The proposal incorporates feedback from a 13-week public consultation that closed earlier this year involving almost 2,000 people.

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Mount Vernon Hospital lead the fight against TB

Hospital that prescribed fresh air and exercise

It’s World TB Day this week which raises awareness about the ongoing fight to globally eradicate the disease. We look back at a neighbouring hospital at the forefront of the fight against TB at the beginning of the 20th Century.

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Powerlifter Dave Beattie

The Bulldog and the Rock

Like to get in shape but worried you are too old or out of puff to start? Here is our seventh Fit for Life interview with a Londoner who shares their life-long love of exercise.

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Bowls Player Sean O'Reilly

It takes bowls to be the best

Like to get in shape but worried you are too old or out of puff to start? Here is our sixth Fit for Life interview with a Londoner who shares their life-long love of exercise.

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