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Tilbury community encouraged to think about healthy food

TILBURY community encouraged to think about healthy food. Full details on poster.

Ambulance service mark Dementia Action Week with 2,000 staff trained

Ambulance service mark Dementia Action Week with 2,000 staff trained OVER 2,000 of the region's ambulance service staff have been trained to provide better support...

Over 350 drivers using mobile phones spotted by HGV supercab in South East

MORE than 350 drivers using mobile phones in the South East have been spotted by an unmarked HGV supercab in the past year in a bid to improve safety on the region's high-speed roads.

Kinetika’s popular walking festival set to return

KINETIKA'S popular T100 Walking Festival returns to Thurrock, Southend and Kent in July. Ali Pretty, Artistic Director of the internationally renowned, outdoor arts...

Detection rates for Ovarian cancer in Thurrock one of the best in the country

THE HEALTH service covering Thurrock has one of the best detection rates for ovarian cancer in the country.

Essex FA support Mental Health Awareness Week

THE Essex County FA are supporting Mental Health Awareness Week from Monday 13th to Sunday 19th May by launching a brand new wellbeing session in Clacton, using football to “create social integrations and boost self-confidence.”

Midwives express concern over Brexit threat to maternity services

FOLLOWING the arrival of Royal Baby Sussex over the Bank Holiday weekend, Best for Britain has released an open letter today, supported by the Royal College of Midwives CEO, MPs and local midwives, to raise awareness of Brexit's threat to UK maternity services.

Bluebird Care support Stroke Awareness Month

THIS May Bluebird Care Thurrock & Castle Point is supporting the Stroke Association's annual stroke awareness month, Make May Purple.

More than half a million children missing vital measles vaccine

MORE than half a million children in the UK were not given a crucial measles vaccine between 2010 and 2017, an analysis by charity Unicef reveals.

Free ADHD training for local schools

Free ADHD training for local schools The ADHD Foundation will be hosting a free training course at the Beehive Centre in Grays on Friday 12...

Your health service is here for you this Easter in Thurrock

NHS leaders across Thurrock and the whole of mid and south Essex area are putting together a range of information for local people to help them know what services are available this bank holiday.

Emails reveal residents advised Tilbury dust was safe, despite uncertainty from authorities

LOCAL health teams were told to say that the metallic dust that has blighted Tilbury for months is nothing more than a “nuisance” despite leading health authorities not knowing if the statement was accurate, internal emails have revealed.

Thurrock health bosses have “training issue’ after report that vulnerable children at extreme risk

THE organisation that oversees healthcare services in Thurrock has said they have a “training issue” after mistakenly writing on a report that vulnerable children had been put at extreme risk.

Dramatic increase in number of dementia patients

THE NHS and Essex County Council (ECC) have been urged to work closer together after a dramatic increase in the number of dementia patents being looked after by A&E doctors – even though many are not physically ill.

Feeling stressed, need to talk?

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