Health

THIS summer holiday, parents are offered advice on what to do in the event their child gets a head injury.

THURROCK Council has criticised NHS England’s “dreadful” proposals to merge the five clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in south and mid Essex.

JENNI Pettican from Corringham, Essex has been shortlisted for the Positive Role Model for Disability at the National Diversity Awards 2019. Over 28,000 people nominated this year alone and the results are finally in for the National Diversity Awards (NDA), with an astonishing 124 nominees being recognised for their various achievements nationwide.

Reach Out for Mental Health offer more time and places to talk. Full details on poster.

A NEW initiative which aims to make sure that people who have suffered a cardiac arrest receive life-saving help as quickly as possible has launched across the region.

BLUEBIRD Care Thurrock & Castle Point is supporting Carers Week 2019, an annual campaign raising awareness of caring from 10–16 June.

THE East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) is reminding all secondary schools in the region to sign up to a lifesaving lesson as part of Restart a Heart Day.

A THURROCK resident has been invited as a guest speaker in Southend to talk about the mental health challenges

AS part of Dementia Action Week, YT joined a number of organisations involved in working with people with dementia in a walk around Grays.

THIS Diabetes Week (10-16 June) is a great opportunity to raise awareness of diabetes, the services on offer to support people and their families affected by the condition and find out tips on how to manage diabetes well.

WORLD No Tobacco Day on 31st May brings to attention smoking rates in the East of England as well below the UK average, with around 14% of adults being frequent smokers in the region.

WORK is progressing well with the construction of 53 new homes in Chadwell St Mary as part of Thurrock Council’s £32million investment in new council homes for affordable rent for people on the borough’s housing register.

PARENTS have been told how important child vaccinations are to avoid “completely unavoidable but sometimes serious infections” – after a sharp rise in mumps and measles.

Thurrock Health Services over Bank Holiday Weekend. Full details on poster.

THURROCK Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is part of Thurrock Dementia Action Alliance. Over the next week the CCG will be promoting ways to take action on dementia.