Health

EXPERIENCED health and care leader Anthony McKeever has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer designate for the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board. The...

rates among women aged 45 to 54 — the most common age to be experiencing menopause and perimenopause — have risen 6% in the last 20 years, defying a trend for falling rates among older women[1], reveals research by Menopause Experts Group.

A CONSULTATION on a wide range of public health issues has been slammed as “horrendously bad” by a Thurrock councillor.

FUTURE cancer patients in Essex could get their diagnosis more quickly thanks to a new test which could help detect more than 50 types of cancer being trialled at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

FRONTLINE NHS staff in England will have to be fully vaccinated against Covid, the health secretary has announced reports the BBC.

E living in England will be able to book their coronavirus booster jabs a month in advance under government plans to speed up their rollout.

INFECTION among school-age children has helped to drive Covid rates in England to the highest level recorded, researchers have said today reports TES.Com The overall...

THE first pill designed to treat symptomatic Covid has been approved by the UK medicines regulator.

THURROCK NHS Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), with 2,373 patients per GP – is the third most stretched health area in the country.

A RESEARCH nurse who once had a patient refuse treatment because of the colour of her skin, has been awarded a national nursing award during Black History Month.

NEW rules allowing travellers returning to England to take lateral flow tests instead of more expensive PCR tests have come into force.

WALK-in vaccine clinics for schoolchildren will be unveiled within weeks in an effort to speed up the jabs rollout.

THIS National Adoption Week (18th October–23rd October), the charity is calling on the Government to make a ten-year commitment to the Adoption Support Fund (ASF), which provides adoptive families in England with therapeutic support. A third of parents told Adoption UK support accessed through the ASF had helped them avoid a family breakdown.

A PRACTICE nurse in Benfleet is calling for more individuals living with type 2 diabetes to seek support to better manage their weight, following a successful reduction in symptoms among existing patients.

BREAST screening is an essential tool in the fight against breast cancer, and now – during Breast Cancer Awareness Month – a mobile breast screening unit is calling Lakeside Shopping Centre its home for the next year and a half.