Whittington Hospital - the facts
Whittington hospital factsheet Kaya Makarau-Schwartz A volunteer in the Save the Whittington campaign, Kaya gives some of the key facts on the Whittington and our community The Whittington Hospital serves 250,000 in the boroughs of Islington and Haringey from parts of Barnet and Camden. It has benefited from large amounts of investment over the few years these include, £30 million on a new wing including an Intensive Care unit. Also, the refurbishment of the maternity unit which includes a new birth centre, a neonatal intensive care unit that was expanded through an investment of £600,000 and a new £500,000 paediatric...

Islington GCSE results up – but we’re still bottom of the league
Islington schools’ GCSE results are up this year, but our borough is still bottom of the inner-London league table. The improvement come after hard work by schools and pupils, helped by millions of pounds of investment in new school buildings, equipment and extra teachers from the Government. But because the Lib Dems who run Islington Council have run out of ideas to improve our schools, Islington still languishes at the bottom of the Inner London league table for GCSE results. Cllr Richard Watts, Islington Labour spokesperson for children said: "I would like to congratulate Islington's children and schools for these...

Independent support boosts Islington Labour’s Free School Meal policy
New research has boosted Islington Labour’s policy of providing free school meals for all under-11 year olds as new research shows just how important the price of meals is to whether children eat a healthy school lunch. The news came as leading children’s charity, Child Poverty Action Group, backed the scheme. The report published by the School Food Trust, looked at the impact of prices on uptake of healthy school meals. It found that increased the cost of a school meals leads to a fall in the number of pupils buying them - with demand for school food more...