THE NHS is under pressure from councils to explain why they are being kept in the dark about a major transformation of how health services are delivered across mid and south Essex.
ATTITUDES towards organ donation among black and Asian communities are becoming more positive after new research* revealed more people may consider becoming a lifesaving donor.
FIRST Give and Gable Hall School worked in partnership to help young people give back to their communities and speak out for causes they believe in. Students at the school dedicated time and effort to chosen charities through social action, with one class winning a First Give grant of £1,000 for their charity!
LETTERS have been written to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and Thurrock MPs raising serious concerns about plans by NHS England to merge Thurrock Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) with 4 other CCGs in South Essex.
THREE more members of a drug-dealing gang, which has been linked to a series of violent incidents and anti-social behaviour in Thurrock, have been made the subject of a strict injunction.