GPs in some parts of the country are each responsible for more than 2,500 patients, while in other regions GPs care on average for 1,250 patients each.
A GRAYS runner who credits her survival of breast cancer to a sports bra and research into the disease is calling on women, men and children across the region to take part in Cancer Research UK's Race for Life.
SEVENTY Thurrock residents taking part in a free service, Gloji, provided by healthy lifestyle and wellbeing service provider Thrive Tribe, have lost 200 pounds of weight between them, in the last six months.
A SOUTH Ockendon resident, Hayley Quincey, is making a positive difference to people who may be experiencing mental health challenges.
Mental health is an issue...
38% of children and young people accessing Kids Inspire's charitable mental health services have described themselves as having additional needs, including neurodiversity, in the latest six-month impact analysis (April 2021-October 2021).
MARCH is Endometriosis Awareness Month. Endometriosis is a long-term condition where tissue similar to the lining of the womb grows in other places, such as the ovaries and fallopian tubes, affecting one in ten women worldwide.
PREGNANT women should be asked how much alcohol they are drinking and the answer recorded in their medical notes, new “priority advice” for the NHS says reports the BBC.
