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Thurrock residents invited to nominate projects to receive £3,000 from Caremark’s Community Care Fund

CAREMARK, one of the UK's leading providers of home care, has opened nominations for its Community Care Fund – a new nationwide initiative designed...

Thurrock MP Jen Craft welcomes measures to improve GP access for urgent care

JEN Craft, Labour MP for Thurrock, has welcomed today’s announcement that it will become easier to get a same day GP appointment for urgent...

ACL Essex offers mental health training to combat winter blues

ACL Essex is supporting its communities with mental health courses to help boost wellbeing.  The learning provider is promoting free mental health courses, available to...

Epilepsy support group meets at Lakeside

THE friendly Epilepsy talk and support group meets in Level 3 food court ( near Sizzled) at Lakeside Shopping centre, between 10:30 and 12:30,...

RSPCA shares advice to keep animals safe during weekend cold snap

WITH Met Office warnings for snow and ice over the next week, the RSPCA is urging people to take some simple steps to help...

Surgeon wins prestigious award for training and support

A SURGEON at Southend Hospital has been presented with a prestigious award. Emma Gray, Consultant General and Breast Surgeon at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation...

Plan to boost jobs for newly qualified nurses and midwives

NEW measures to make it easier for NHS employers in England to take on newly qualified nurses and midwives have been announced by the...

MPs lay final bricks at Community Diagnostic Centre

THURROCK is one step closer to faster, more accessible healthcare with Jen Craft MP and James McMurdock MP laying the final bricks in the...

Award shortlisting showcases innovation and improving patient care

MID and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust’s Pathology team has been shortlisted for the Health Tech Team of the Year award at the HTN...

New adoption survey reveals there’s no such thing as a ‘normal’ family

THERE'S no such thing as a ‘normal’ family, according to 65 per cent of Brits – this comes as National Adoption Week (21-27 October)...

Hospitals Trust counters allegations by critics and campaigners as it seeks to turn round £80 million deficit

HOSPITAL bosses have countered accusations of using "cloak and dagger" tactics and keeping staff "in the dark" over a "voluntary severance scheme" reports the...

c2c Partners with Grays Convent to deliver Thurrock’s Next Top Boss Project

AFTER sponsoring Thurrock Councils Youth Inspire Hub 2023 programme of Thurrocks Next Top Boss, c2c committed to bring the winning project by Team c2Sanitary...

Two charged with GBH at Lakeside Shopping Centre

TWO people have been charged as part of our investigation a serious incident which took place in Lakeside shopping centre. We were notified by colleagues...

All grown up – Child Benefit goes digital

NEW parents can now claim Child Benefit online for the first time since it was launched 47 years ago, helping millions of families with...

Thameside Theatre needs a fairer deal claims councillor

THAMESIDE Theatre is being hamstrung by council rules which are preventing it becoming financially viable, a councillor has claimed reports the Local Democracy Reporting...

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