Sir Sadiq Khan faced calls on Thursday to make his free school meal programme “plant-based by default” as a way of “showing climate leadership”.
Tag - health
Children and young people in Islington are more likely to be admitted to hospital to remove decaying teeth than their peers across England, new figures show.
Campaigners are calling on Islington Council to boost the number of accessible public toilets in the borough, warning that the current lack is a “serious...
Brushing your teeth twice a day, cleaning them for at least two minutes, and visiting the dentist once a year are the staples of oral hygiene learned from an...
More women in Islington have received breast cancer screenings, new figures show.
Life expectancy at birth for men in Islington is one of the worst in London, new figures show.
Fewer girls in Islington received the HPV vaccine in the last school year, new figures show.
Plans to spend £15.6m on new public toilets, pedestrian crossings, ‘a drug consumption room’, and other projects have been voted down by the London Assembly...
More people in Islington are choosing to die at home following the coronavirus pandemic, new figures suggest.
One in 20 ambulance patients arriving at University College London Hospitals Trust were delayed by over 30 minutes, new figures show.
A girl born over the three years to 2023 in Islington is likely to enjoy more healthy years than those born a decade ago, new figures suggest.
Three-quarters of general and acute beds at University College London Hospitals Trust were occupied in the last week of December, as flu cases increased, new...
Domestic gas and electricity usage in Islington has declined following the coronavirus pandemic, new figures show.
Life expectancy at birth for men in Islington is one of the worst in London, new figures show.
A local woman, who is a member of St Luke’s Community Centre, is asking the public to help her close family member Boran in his battle with Duchenne Muscular...
Nearly a quarter of 10 to 11-year-olds in Islington are obese or severely obese, new figures show.
The fertility rate in Islington fell last year, new figures show – as the birth rate in England and Wales hit a new record low.
More than a dozen drug-related deaths were registered in Islington last year, new figures show.
More adults in Islington were smokers last year, new figures show – bucking the trend across the UK.
Mould has become a growing issue in London homes, with significant impacts on residents' health and social lives.
Islington missed the target for children’s vaccination levels against measles, mumps and rubella last year, new figures show.
In the final instalment of our Children in Crisis series, we investigate how the coronavirus pandemic has affected children's health in Islington.
Barts Health NHS Trust and Barts Life Sciences have joined forces with Capital City College Group (CCCG) to establish a pioneering Health and Life Sciences...
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