The Albion Health Centre is holding a free cancer awareness event on the 22nd Sept 11am - 2.30 pm 333 Whitechapel Road, London E1 1BU.  

If you want to understand more about cancer, NHS choices has clear and concise information which you may find helpful.

Social Action for Health has also been actively involved with increasing cancer screening for the people of Tower Hamlets & in particular increasing breast cancer screening towards the national target.

Health E1 is a Homeless Medical Centre which provides free health care services to homeless people in Tower Hamlets. 

The service is for adults who are homeless or vulnerably housed and who may have a drug or alcohol problem and/or poor mental health. It can be difficult for an individual to register with a GP in the usual way without an address. Health E1 is a nurse-led service with GPs and other specialist nurses. Health E1 offers full, permanent registration with the practice and thus can provide continuity of care. Previously, homeless people came to rely on local A&E and Walk-In Services as they could not register with a GP.  

The service tries to offer appointments when needed in comfortable surroundings with polite and friendly staff. 

Patients can:
Get a routine appointment within 48 hours
Book an appointment at least two weeks in advance
Book a GP telephone consultation if that is more convenient.

The service also has a daily walk-in clinic on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursday mornings and Friday afternoons. In addition they offer a wide range of other services including: Home Visits, Psychologist, Health Visitors, Family Planning, Blood Clinics and Blood Borne Virus Team, New Patient Health Checks, Substance Misuse Clinics, Mental Health Clinics and Alcohol Services.

Health E1 is located at:
9-11 Brick Lane
London
E1 6PU
Phone: 020 7247 0090

Health E1 provides a much needed service in an area with a large number of hostels and day centres. 

The Bangladeshi Stop Tobacco Project is a community based project that has been established for more than a decade.    The projects objective is to raises awareness around the health risks of tobacco use in the form of smoking cigarette and chewing tobacco in paan alongside areca nut. Currently in Tower Hamlets approximately 50% of women chew tobacco.  Tobacco usage amongst the Bangladeshi ethnic group is one of the highest rates in UK.  

Within the Bangladeshi community chewing tobacco is perceived as the norm and is embedded within the culture for many years.  There are many underlying reasons why people use tobacco; from addiction to socialising. Tobacco use has detrimental health effects in particularly lung cancer amongst smokers and oral cancer amongst chewers.  Our aim is to tackle those issues through education and by providing support on their journey to quit.  

BSTP  offer a friendly and quality service to all their clients.  They prescribe Nicotine Replacement Therapy and motivational support as part of tobacco cessation treatment.  They can provide group health workshops to home visits in the comfort of their own homes.

Patients are able to self-refer by phoning the following helpline telephone number 0207 882 8669