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The NHS in NW London is opening its first large NHS Vaccination Centre next week in the fight against COVID-19 to vaccinate people aged 80 and over, along with health and care staff.
The large-scale site in Wembley is capable of delivering thousands of the life-saving jabs each week and offers a convenient alternative to GP-led and hospital services that are already set up across NW London.
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Read full articleMake it a #GreenNewYear – residents encouraged to embrace sustainable habits as part of new campaign
Wearing clothes for longer. Making short trips by foot. Cutting down on gas and electric bills. This New Year, Brent Council is encouraging residents to make a green resolution. Cllr Krupa Sheth, Lea…
Have your say on Brent’s draft budget 2021/22 proposals
Residents are being invited to take part in the consultation on Brent Council’s draft budget proposals for 2021/22. Over the past ten years, Brent like many other local authorities, has been faced wi…
More children going into care nationally while fostering enquiries drop
Fortunately, in Brent we can keep things under control if more people look into fostering Before the pandemic, in the UK every 20 minutes a child was entering care and there were under 400,000 childr…
COVID is spreading like wildfire - please stay at home and save lives
COVID-19 is spreading like wildfire - please stay at home An important message from Councillor Muhammed Butt, Leader of Brent Council The new variant of COVID-19 is spreading like wildfire across En…
See in the New Year safely and at home
An important message from Councillor Muhammed Butt, Leader of Brent Council: As we come to the end of an extremely hard year, I want to say a huge thank you to all the community and mutual aid groups…
Mental health support over Christmas
The pandemic is affecting everyone differently. For many this Christmas will be a tough time and it’s ok to not be ok. Help is available. To speak to someone about how you are feeling, please go to: h…
Death of a former Brent Councillor
It is with sadness that we confirm former Brent Councillor Lawrie Nerva passed away last weekend. Lawrie was a Brent Councillor from 1978 to 1986 and he helped found the Brent Council for Community R…
Tier four – Stay at Home – Protect the NHS – Save Lives
An important message from Councillor Muhammed Butt, Leader of Brent Council: Earlier this evening, the Prime Minister announced that Brent, along with the rest of London and the parts of the South Ea…
Everyone in Brent can now get free and regular COVID-19 tests
Everyone in Brent aged 12 and over can now get free and regular coronavirus tests, even if they haven’t got symptoms. These include the new ‘rapid tests’, which provide results within 40 minutes. It…