Heart patients from across Essex are using a unique piece of exercise equipment to test the function of heart muscle and the valves, thanks to a kind donation from south Essex charities.
The new diabetic care centre at Orsett Hospital will be open on Friday 12 November between 10.30am to 12.30pm and 2pm to 3.30pm giving patients an opportunity to talk to the specialist team of diabetic nurses and gain a greater understanding of their
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust welcomed 16 Finnish student nurses who were keen to learn from their Basildon counterparts during a trip to the UK.
NHS South West Essex will be holding a Board meeting in public on Wednesday 24
November 2010 at 9am.
The meeting will take place in the Board Room of the primary care trust's
The newly refurbished Orthopaedic Unit at Orsett Hospital was treated to two official openings after a toddler wanted to follow in the Mayor and MP’s footsteps and cut the ribbon too.
A surgery takes place at the Thameside Theatre, in Grays, on Tuesday, November 9, from 12pm to 8pm. Public meetings are on Thursday, November 11, at Hassenbrook School in Stanford-le-Hope, from 5pm to 7pm, and on Wednesday, November 17, from 7pm to 9pm, at the Culver Centre in South Ockendon.
DON'T die of ignorance was the slogan in the 1980's. For many people, the mark of ignorance is that they think it is an eighties disease. Some cities were blighted by AIDS, with a city such as Edinburgh having 1 in every 100 males HIV positive.
Stephen Metcalfe MP for South Basildon & East Thurrock is joining forces with Breast Cancer Campaign to raise awareness of its award winning fundraising event, wear it pink day, supported by Vanish.
TRAIN mean but train clean. That is the message that is re-inforced at Stan's Gym on the Aveley Road in Upminster. The gym, ticked away from the main road is a harkback to a different era but also a sanctuary for those who want their muscle development simply to be borne from good old fashioned hard work.
Jacqueline is new to Carolyne House in Chadwell St Mary but is clearly relishing the opportunities it brings to run her home. Leatherland's Kim Currie acknowledges and is proud of the reputation that Leatherland has as a key part of the South Ockendon community. Indeed many of their activities are at the heart of the community. Kim stresses that many of the residents are from South Ockendon and it is vital that they do feel they are still a key part of the community.
IT IS a celebration of his life and not the mourning of his death." Stacey Corderey was holding back the tears but illustrated the community spirit and sense of loyalty that has been displayed by the people of Purfleet in reaction to the sad passing of Aveley lad, Leonard Scamp.
Corringham is to get its very own taste of London 2012, thanks to the installation of an adiZone – a giant multi-sport outdoor gym venue which aims to inspire the local community to get involved in sport.
The CAB believe they have a more rounded service and more helpful approach than a certain "bureaucratic" approach from the council. Having said that, according to statistics, homelessness in the borough is down.
