50 Steps strategy refresh
September/October 2024 50 Steps to a Healthier Newham is our Health and Wellbeing Strategy for 2020-2023 and, as we are coming to the end of its three-year remit, it is time to refresh it and develop our next iteration of…
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Stoptober 2023 activities
September/October 2024 Stoptober takes place during the month of October each year and offers a fantastic opportunity to encourage smokers to quit with the help of specialist support. Following Stoptober in 2022 we saw a 58% increase in people signing…
Our work towards a smoke-free Newham
September/October 2023 As part of our commitment to making Newham tobacco-free by 2030 (step 41), we are pleased to announce that Newham Council has recently signed the Local Government Declaration on Tobacco Control. The declaration outlines our active commitment to…
Well Newham Challenge cohort 1 summaries
The Council’s Public Health Team is working with Newham Hospital to run the Well Newham Challenge programme in the hospital. The programme funds and supports hospital staff to pilot new interventions that aim to improve the health of Newham residents…
Well Newham Challenge project wins WeImprove award for equity
Barts Health NHS Trust held the first ever WeImprove awards this week to celebrate outstanding examples of quality improvement across the Trust’s hospitals. After receiving over 100 nominations from all five hospitals and corporate services, the judges announced an additional…
Health boost for Newham residents thanks to £15,000 funding award
Over £15,000 in funding has been made available to staff at Newham Hospital in the first round of funding of the Well Newham Challenge. Funded by London Borough of Newham, seven projects are being supported, which aim to improve the health…