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Mental health trust fined £1.5m after deaths of 11 patients

A MENTAL health trust in Essex has been fined £1.5 million following the deaths of 11 patients between 2004 and 2015.

Covid-19: Over 18’s to be offered vaccine from tomorrow

PEOPLE aged 18 and over will be invited to book their Covid vaccines from tomorrow as the final adult age range is called up reports the Mirror.

Men’s Health Week: A quarter of UK men have never checked themselves for testicular cancer

SHOCKINGLY, more than a quarter (26%) of UK males have never checked themselves for signs of testicular cancer, while a further 15% only check themselves once a year or less.

Councillor praises vaccination efforts in Chadwell St Mary – and urges everyone to take vaccine

FOLLOWING on from volunteering at the Chadwell Medical Centre, local Labour councillor, Cllr Daniel Chukwu, has heaped praise on the staff and volunteers delivering the vaccines.

Mid and South Essex Health and Care Partnership pledge to its new ‘Anchor Charter

THE NHS organisations, local authorities and voluntary and community sectors across mid and south Essex, have pledged to work together to become "anchor" institutions and further support the wellbeing of our local communities.

Teen raises thousands with online auction after losing uncle to Covid

A teenager and his family have smashed their fundraising target for Southend Hospital, in memory of their much-loved uncle who died from coronavirus.

Revolutionary new technology launched in Thurrock to help GPs find skin cancer sooner

Revolutionary new technology launched in mid and south Essex to help GPs find skin cancer sooner ARTIFICIAL intelligence (AI) is being used to help GPs...

GPs warn over plans to share patient data with third parties in England

DOCTORS have warned that plans to pool medical records on to a database and share them with third parties could erode the relationship between them and patients reports The Guardian.

Amazon invests in additional COVID-19 testing capability

AMAZON'S Manchester lab is proactively implementing new variant analysis technology, to support UK health authorities in tracking and slowing the spread of new variants Since...

New equipment to help mums with tears after giving birth

A NEW machine is helping to improve the lives of women at Southend Hospital who have suffered tearing during labour.

Thurrock MP Jackie Doyle Price checks out lifesaving team in Tilbury

THURROCK MP Jackie Doyle-Price visited the Lung Health Check facility currently being operated from Tilbury.

Covid: Test and Trace failure helped Indian variant spread including Thurrock

FAILURES in England's test-and-trace system are partly responsible for a surge in the Indian variant in one of the worst affected parts of the country, a report seen by the BBC says.

One million admissions linked to obesity in 2019/20 new data reveals

THERE were more than one million admission to NHS hospitals in 2019/20 where obesity was a factor, according to new figures1 published by NHS Digital today.

GP’s receptionist from Corringham has leg and all her toes amputated after hot tub party

A GP's receptionist had to have her leg and all her toes amputated after a hot tub party gave her a deadly blood infection.

Specialist nurse reflects on new role for Nurses’ Day

AS this week is International Nurses’ Day (May 12), we caught up with one of Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust’s 31 new specialist intensive care nurses from India, who is helping treat the sickest patients in critical care.

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