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Thurrock Council Health and Housing boss to quit

ROGER Harris, Corporate Director of Adults, Housing and Health at Thurrock Council, has decided after 13 years’ service in Thurrock and 40 years working...

Free football and nutrition programme returns

SHIFT the Timber, a free twelve week football and nutrition programme, will start running again from Tuesday 1 September. Cllr Allen Mayes, Cabinet Member for...

Aneurysm wristband will help save men’s lives

THE introduction of a wristband for men who have abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) could help save their lives in an emergency. The wristbands, which are...

Mobile breast screening units make their return

THE mobile breast screening units in Grays and Canvey Island have opened their doors to patients once again, screening invited women who are aged...

Thurrock Council dismisses coronavirus assumptions based on app data as ‘scientifically unsound’

THURROCK Council has hit out at claims made by the developers of the unofficial COVID Symptom Study app that the borough should be classed...

Social prescribers – just the thing to support Thurrock residents with their needs

PEOPLE visit their GPs for a range of different reasons and sometimes these issues can be caused by non-medical matters such as loneliness, anxiety,...

Doctors’ low confidence in tackling huge NHS backlog laid bare in major BMA survey

THE majority of doctors think ambitions to get the NHS back to near-normal service by autumn are unlikely to be realised, according to a...

Bluebird Care: Looking After Thurrock

NEVER has the wellbeing of our loved ones been more important. There comes a time when many of us need to seek assistance when...

Changing Pathways receive cash boost from Amazon

BASILDON & Thurrock University Hospital and a local charity that supports victims of domestic abuse have received donations totalling £4,000 from the Amazon fulfilment...

Older people’s security under threat from new Thurrock Tory proposals

LOCAL Councillors have been told that the electronic gates protecting sheltered housing complexes in their wards are under threat of removal.    The gates, currently...

Cancer targets missed by Barking, Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

MEDICAL negligence solicitors, Blackwater Law have reviewed data published by NHS England that reveals that only 40.9% of patients at Barking, Havering and Redbridge...

Thurrock Council slam “inaccurate reporting” over death rates in borough

A LOOK at excess death rates has created a false impression that Thurrock has seen an extremely high number of excess deaths during...

Coronavirus: Obesity increases risks from Covid-19, experts say

BEING obese or overweight puts you at greater risk of serious illness or death from Covid-19, experts say after examining existing studies. The review of...

Mother and daughter produce book to support NHS mental health charities

A MOTHER and daughter duo have worked together to come up with a unique way of supporting NHS workers whose mental health has...

Letter to Editor: Keep your heart healthy

Dear Sir/Madam WE'VE  all felt the strain of lockdown these past few months, which means that looking after our physical and mental health is extremely...

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