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Defibrillator installed outside John Harvard Library

A defibrillator has been installed outside John Harvard Library in Borough High Street as part of a programme to make the lifesaving devices available in all Southwark libraries and leisure centres.

Health

NHS crisis as 20,000 patients served by GPs without buildings

More than 20,000 people now find themselves registered with North Lambeth GP practices which don't have permanent premises, as a second surgery has gone public with its search for a new building.

Southwark

Council plans to buy Tower Bridge Care Home from HC-One

Tower Bridge Care Home at the Bricklayers Arms is in line to be acquired from its private owners by Southwark Council.

Health

Update: RAAC concrete not used at Guy's Hospital, checks confirm

** See below for an important update to this story **

Health

University plans to block alcove to keep rough sleepers out

King's College London has applied to Southwark Council for permission to build an extension to the Greenwood Theatre near London Bridge to prevent rough sleepers and drug users from gathering outside a fire exit.

Health

Avoid St Thomas' A&E this week if you can, say NHS bosses

Bosses at St Thomas' Hospital have joined South East London NHS colleagues in warning that A&E services will be under pressure during strikes by junior doctors in the run-up to Christmas and early in the New Year.

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Drones to shuttle medical samples between Guy's and St Thomas'

Drones carrying medical samples between Guy's Hospital and St Thomas' Hospital could soon be flying above the streets of SE1.

Health

Waterloo Health Centre: date set for GPs to move to Lower Marsh prefab

The Waterloo Health Centre will relocate to its temporary home on the former library site in Lower Marsh from mid-January 2024.

Health

Private equity firm set to buy SE1 NHS GP surgery from US conglomerate

Control of the Falmouth Road Surgery could soon pass from a US corporation based in St Louis, Missouri to a UK private equity firm under proposals circulated by local NHS bosses.

River Thames

Boris aide: Covid Memorial Wall created by 'left-wing activists'

A former advisor to Boris Johnson has criticised the Covid Memorial Wall on the South Bank, claiming it is the work of "left-wing activist groups" who installed the memorial without permission.

Health

Waterloo Health Centre seeking new home

Waterloo's main GP surgery is seeking a new home after the landlords of its Lower Marsh premises decided to redevelop the building.

History

Thomas Guy statue: Historic England backs charity's plans

Historic England has commended the Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation's "thoughtful" plans to install new signage around the statue of Thomas Guy at Guy's Hospital.

Planning & Development

Royal Street: big development next to Archbishop's Park approved

Plans for new life sciences laboratories, offices and homes close to St Thomas' Hospital have been approved by Lambeth councillors.

Health

Guy’s Cancer Centre: cladding removed five years after concerns raised

Cladding that doesn't meet current fire regulations is being removed from the Cancer Centre at Guy's Hospital, five years after concerns about the materials used in the £160 million building were identified in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower disaster.

History

Thomas Guy statue uncovered for first time in two years

The statue of Thomas Guy outside the hospital he founded has been put back on public display for the first time since it was covered up in summer 2020 amid controversy about the benefactor's possible financial links to the slave trade.

Health

Care home residents 'not safe' and 'at risk of avoidable harm'

Inspectors have published a damning report on the Tower Bridge Care Home at Bricklayers Arms, downgrading its rating from 'requires improvement' to 'inadequate'.