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2 weeks ago | 
bbc.co.uk | Tony Grew |Karl Mercer
Image source, EPAImage caption, Homeless charity St Mungo's says rough sleeping is a crisis and said it "should not be a prerequisite for help"BBC London political editorThe mayor of London has said he will end the "trauma" of people who have to be sleeping on the streets before they can access support. He aims to ending rough sleeping by 2030, and has secured £17m in capital funding from central government for his strategy.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
msn.com | Karl Mercer
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Karl Mercer |Robert Firth
Karl Mercer - BBC News and Robert Firth - Local Democracy Reporting ServiceJuly 31, 2024 at 11:56 AM·3 min readLewisham Council is to be investigated by the Housing Ombudsman over "repeated failings" with in its housing services. The ombudsman, which deals with complaints about social housing providers, said it had found failings in 85% of housing complaints about the south-east London authority in the last 12 months.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
msn.com | Karl Mercer |Robert Firth
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Jul 19, 2024 | 
bbc.com | Karl Mercer
Patient care in hospital corridors is 'now normal'BBC Queen's Hospital, Romford, says it is "customary practice to have patients treated on our corridors pretty much all of the time"We’re at Queens hospital in Romford, east London, a hospital that serves those in the constituency of the new health secretary, Wes Streeting. And, like many across the capital it is busy. Really busy. When we were filming, 17 patients from their A&E were being treated on beds in corridors.
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
bbc.com | Karl Mercer
Hospital cyber-attack hampers GP blood servicesBy Karl Mercer, Political correspondent, BBC London BBCStreatham GP Lucy Goodeve-Docker said the situation had been "incredibly tricky"Doctors' surgeries in London have continued to struggle with the impact of a cyber attack that knocked out pathology services across the area. Synnovis, an agency which manages labs for NHS trusts and GPs in south-east London, was the victim of a hack on 3 June.
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Jun 23, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Karl Mercer
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Jun 23, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Karl Mercer
Karl Mercer - BBC LondonJune 23, 2024 at 3:09 AM·3 min readThe sedate surroundings of the local ponds, the locals sipping coffee nearby and the ducks sleeping in the sun hide a very real battle going on in Carshalton. This leafy part of south-west London is the Liberal Democrats' top target in the country - a key brick in the so-called "blue wall" that they aim to knock out on 4 July by unseating the Conservative candidate who won here in 2019 by just 629 votes.
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
bbc.com | Karl Mercer
Hospitals grapple with aftermath of cyber attackBy Karl Mercer, BBC London health correspondent • James W Kelly, BBC NewsBBCDr Anneliese Rigby says some processes are taking "much, much longer"London hospitals are still grappling with the aftermath of a cyber attack that has led to many hours of extra work for their staff. A critical incident was declared on 4 June after the ransomware attack targeted the services provided by pathology firm Synnovis.
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May 17, 2024 | 
bbc.com | Karl Mercer
New operating theatres open at east London hospitalKarl Mercer,BBC London health correspondentBBCTwo new theatres have opened at King George Hospital in IlfordLondon's newest operating theatres have opened, in a move hospital bosses hope will help cut waiting lists across north-east London. The two new theatres at King George Hospital in Ilford have been set aside for planned or elective care like knee and hip replacements.
