Health

A NEW poster campaign has been launched encouraging young people in Hanwell and West Ealing to talk more openly about sex, relationships and contraception.

A SPECTACULAR night of comedy is coming to the The Drayton Court in West Ealing this Friday and next Friday (July 30).

Comedian Tom Binns will be appearing as two hilarious characters this Friday (July 24); first as Ivan Brackenbury in the Hospital Radio Roadshow and then as "actually psychic" Ian D Montfort, which he is taking to the Edinburgh Fringe next month.

A MAJOR meeting to protest against Government cuts to public services will take place at Ealing Town Hall on Thursday.

West London Trade Union has lined up three guest speakers for the event, including National Union of Teachers executive Nick Grant.

A brave boy who battled against a life-threatening disease when he was only eight has now fully recovered and is making a name for himself on stage.

Doctors discovered that Louis Tavare, 12, had a rare form of cancer, with a tumour in his liver, kidneys and lungs, and he endured months of chemotherapy to rid his delicate body of the disease.

The Polyclinic at the Daniel's furniture store along the Uxbridge Road is set to open in 2011.

Councillor David Millican, cabinet member for regeneration and transport confirmed the scheme is to be completed by the end of next year and health bosses at Ealing Primary Care Trust were unable to give a specific date.

A man from West Ealing has been reappointed to the NHS Board as a non-executive director of NHS Ealing.

Timothy Hughes, current chief executive of Yarrow Housing proving support service for people who have learning disabilities and complex needs, will serve a further four years on the NHS Ealing board starting April 1.

Millions of pounds are being wasted on a private contract providing out-of-hospital services in Ealing which was suspended after a patient's death in another borough.

Clinicenta, based in Hanwell, was commissioned by NHS London as part of a five-year, £144million contract with 20 London PCTs to provide enhanced home care and urgent care services.

Despite continued denials by health officials over potential Accident and Emergency department closures, Ealing Hospital could be stripped of major services under drastic measures being considered by NHS London.

According to a leaked document obtained by the Gazette, Ealing Hospital could potentially lose its A&E, maternity unit and children's services department if measures to address the £5billion NHS London funding shortfall are implemented.

And with more than 100,000 people each year being admitted to A&E, acute services stretched beyond their capacity and the imminent closure of Ealing's stroke and trauma units, health campaigners claim this will have a catastrophic effect on patients in the borough.

Children were surprised to see their on-screen exercise heroine on their school stage to give them a demonstration of her new DVD programme.

'Leaping Liz' who runs the 'Physikidz' aerobics programme for children, visited St John's Primary School in Felix Road, West Ealing, last week to give the 300 children a taste of her latest classroom-based fitness regime.

Volunteers are invited to make a difference in their neighbourhood by helping to save lives.

The London Ambulance Service and St John Ambulance are calling on people to become Community First Responders (CFR) to be the first on the scene to help patients in life-threatening conditions.