HEALTH and social care staff at community healthcare group Provide are pioneering a new initiative which aims to improve the lives of children and adults in Essex with learning disabilities and autism.
THURROCK has the worst patient reviews in mid and south Essex and is facing one of the worst GP shortages, it has been revealed reports the Local Democracy Reporter.
CANCER treatment waiting times have been hit by the Covid pandemic.
NHS beds in the community – intended to ease pressure on hospitals – are already full across mid and south Essex ahead of the winter season as medics brace themselves for potential surge in Covid cases and flu.
GPs are having to make difficult choices about which patients get blood tests because of the ongoing shortage of test tubes, doctors are warning.
THE NHS 111 helpline needs another 70,000 GP slots every month to keep up with demand, south Essex NHS bosses have been told.
CANCER treatment waiting times have been hit by the Covid pandemic.
THE five NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) across mid and south Essex will be hosting their Annual General Meetings (AGM) throughout September.
THE East of England ambulance service will be “drawing on support from partners within the military and fire and rescue” to help mitigate an anticipated “very busy” winter period.
THURROCK has one of the highest levels of tobacco smoking in the UK, it has been revealed.
PEOPLE working in or attending a new medical centre will be expected to leave their cars at home.
ANTIBODY tests are to be widely offered to the UK public for the first time in a new programme that aims to find out more about how much natural protection people have after getting coronavirus reports the BBC.
ALL 16 and 17-year-olds in England are to be offered their first coronavirus vaccine dose or the chance to book one by 23 August, the government has said. The health secretary said offering vaccines by this date would allow teenagers to get some protection before starting school or college next month. A walk-in site finder […]
CHARITY MENINGITIS NOW are urging young people off to university or the world of work this Autumn not to assume it’s COVID-19 if they feel ill – it might be meningitis.
A £2 million funding boost will see 41 extra maternity staff working at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust.
UP to 14 million people could be on NHS waiting lists in England by next autumn, new analysis suggests reports the BBC.
ALL 16 and 17-year-olds in the UK will start being offered a first dose of the Covid jab within weeks, after a recommendation from vaccine experts.
PLENTY of walk-in Covid-19 vaccinations at Towngate Theatre, Basildon from Thursday to Sunday this week
ABOUT one in three middle-aged people has multiple chronic health issues, a long-running British study suggests reports then BBC. The 1970 British Cohort Study has been periodically tracking the lives of about 17,000 people born in England, Scotland and Wales in a single week. Nearly 8,000 of them were surveyed for the University College London work, […]
THURROCK Council has welcomed the Secretary of State for Health’s decision that strong local arrangements already in place mean that health services in the East of England will not be changed along local authority boundary lines.
WHILE most of the remaining Covid restrictions may have been lifted, NHS staff in Thurrock are continuing to deliver a vaccination service in the borough.
A NEW intake of over 120 trainee doctors will help the local hospitals continue to provide excellent and safe care for all its patients.
THURROCK has one of the highest rates of death from lung cancer in the UK and some of the highest rates of smoking with over 10% of the local population labelled as smokers. The programme is one of the first to be rolled out as part the NHS Long Term Plan.
SUPERMARKET depot workers and food manufacturers will be exempt from quarantine rules as the government tries to prevent food supply problems. The move comes after the rising number of retail workers being forced to self-isolate was beginning to affect the availability of some products. The government said workers, regardless of vaccination status, could do daily […]