Cash-strapped parents and parents-to-be from all over Thurrock can find all the top quality baby clothes, toys and equipment they need at an upcoming NCT Nearly New Sale, and save around 70% on what they would cost brand new.
A CANCER patient’s medical records faxed to a complete stranger, millions of others lost, sent to the wrong people, or simply dumped, are among a catalogue of NHS blunders revealed.
Owner, Andrew Azzopardi, said: “To be selected by Skills for Care is a phenomenal achievement and we are keen to spread the work of Sunnyside and the My LIFE programme further afield.
“We seriously hope to change the face of social care in England so every adult with a learning disability can benefit from a consistent standard of life-skills training and that providers display the honesty required to support those who are ready to become more independent.”
Thurrock Council is planning on selling off an abandoned school site to create a much-needed medical facility in Stanford-le-Hope. The council’s cabinet (7 March) agreed the sale of the former Graham James infant school to Dr Devaraja for the development of a new doctor’s surgery.
SHEILA Coates MBE, Director of South Essex Rape and Incest Crisis Centre was invited to a reception to celebrate International Women’s Day to mark efforts to eliminate violence against women and girls at home and abroad.
ST Luke’s Hospice is holding a series of cafe-style events across the locality to invite people to discuss their views and wishes with regards to choices and planning for care at the end of their life. For many talking about these issues is still a taboo subject.
The new department has its own separate waiting area, with toys, games and baby changing facilities, six bays for treating minor and major injuries, rooms for triage, plastering and eye treatments and an area for adolescents.
A PURFLEET five-year-old who felt he was a girl trapped in a boy's body has become one of the youngest-ever children to be diagnosed with Gender Identity Disorder.
This campaign will take the form of home collection boxes, which are designed to be receptacles for loose change, particularly 5p’s, which according to many surveys, is the one coin everybody loves to hate – and so the idea behind this scheme is that BATIAS will willingly take them off your hands! When full, the boxes will hold around £20, and if enough people get behind this initiative, it will be a real boost to our fundraising efforts.
Thurrock LINK has been lauded over the last few years for its work in defending the rights of the vulnerable in the borough. But according to reports, they were frog-marched out of their offices in the Queensgate centre, Grays on friday afternoon.
CIVIC AND FAITH leaders gathered together at the Holocaust memorial gardens on Orsett Road, Grays to pay tribute to the millions that perished under the hands of the Nazi regime in europe.
Delegates heard how the planned health reforms are likely to impact on Thurrock and they had a chance to take part in workshops linked to developing Thurrock’s refreshed Joint Strategic Needs Assessment which shapes the priorities for spending on health and well-being in Thurrock.
The appeal was launched in autumn 2010, when building work was underway on the new £17m project to transform A&E and Fracture Clinic. Within the new building, is the first stand alone Children’s A&E environment in Essex, for children and young adults. The environment will focus on health education and feature multi-sensory and distraction equipment, which will be particularly therapeutic for all children especially those with special needs. It is hoped Children’s A&E will open its doors to the public in March.
The campaign is also designed to highlight the positive impact community resuscitation can have. The ambulance service develops and supports community resuscitation through training, and also runs the community first responder scheme.
After the guided tour of the House, some of the group decided that they would like to walk to Downing Street, and although the gates across the entrance to Downing Street were closed, one of the BATIAS co-ordinators asked the police officer on duty if it would be possible grant the group special permission to have photographs taken outside the door of No. 10, and to everyone’s delight, the BATIAS ID badge worked like a charm, and the gate was opened to allow the group exclusive access to the world-famous backdrop, and the photo says it all!
