THIS week 112 new emergency call handlers started working for the East of England Ambulance Service to support the management of the coronavirus pandemic.
MILLIONS of pounds is to be handed to councils across Essex as part of a new government scheme centred around getting hospital patients back home so that coronavirus patients can be treated faster.
A MENTAL health ward run by Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) has successfully maintained accreditation from the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCP) for the third time.
THURROCK Council in partnership with Stronger Together, Thurrock CVS and other local organisations are working together to safely coordinate support to residents in need and to help ensure voluntary work is carried out in a safe and co-ordinated way across the borough.
NHS staff will not have to pay hospital car parking charges during the coronavirus crisis, the Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said. The announcement came after mounting public pressure, with over 400,000 people signing a Change.org petition for the fees to be scrapped.
THE latest national information and guidance about COVID-19 is available at: https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/coronavirus-covid-19/government-and-health-information.
