Government still shilly-shallying over pensions Last week the Telegraph reported that the Government had been sounding out MPs over suspending the pensions triple lock mechanism. This small increase in the basic pension would make a
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Tag: covid – 19
Walk in Covid vaccinations from Fri 30th July
Covid vaccination sites update 21st Dec 2021 The Tower Hamlets Council website lists bookable and walk-in local vaccination centres here. Summer Vaccine Festival Langdon Park is hosting a four day festival with music and if
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Tower Hamlets GP Care Group gather feedback from The Geezers
Nicola Humberstone from Tower Hamlets GP Care Group Patient Experience Team came to visit The Geezers on Tuesday 6th July. Nicola introduced the work of the team and explained that feedback from patients is key. She then asked the group about their experiences of the lockdown
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Making sense of Covid-19, fatalities, hospitalisations, and jabs
Grab a jab in Tower hamlets, and we need to put the current 3.2% of deaths from Covid-19 into perspective.
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Ageism and Covid
Ageism and the Covid death toll There have been 70,500 deaths from coronavirus in the 65 and over age group – 90% of total deaths. 28% of those deaths occurred in a care home. Yet
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