Health

FOOTBALLING legend, Sir Trevor Brooking visted St Luke's Hospice to see a lifelong fan from South Ockendon.

UP to 55,000 smear samples might need to be re-tested after a number of women were wrongly given the all-clear, it has emerged reports the BBC.

MIDWIVES who led the creation of two innovative services for pregnant women at Basildon University have been shortlisted for national awards.

WORK on Thurrock’s first Integrated Medical Centre will take a significant first step as site surveys get underway.

PEOPLE with hearing loss are invited to attend a free information event in the Education Centre at Basildon University Hospital on Thursday 1 February, 3-5pm.

THE End Child Poverty coalition has today published figures providing a new Child Poverty map of the UK. The new figures reveal that...

OVER the last few weeks, there has been some criticism, in some quarters regarding the publicity surrounding the consultation over the future of health services in Thurrock.

FRIENDS of Hardie Park in Stanford-le-hope are launching their second Footpaths Personal Development Programme supporting local residents suffering with anxiety, depression and mental health issues. The programme provides a 12 week support plan offering personal development workshops, skills training and 1-2-1 sessions.

THE NHS is "haemorrhaging" nurses with one in 10 leaving the NHS in England each year, figures show.

A TOP health boss in Thurrock has denied that a consultation on whether to close Orsett Hospital is being conducted in secret.

DID you know there was a consultation currently underway on closing Orsett Hospital? That’s the question being asked by Thurrock Labour this week.

THE Thurrock Health Hubs will be providing a continuous, seven-day a week GP and primary care nurse service for the people of Thurrock.

HOSPITALS in England are being told to delay pre-planned operations and routine outpatient appointments until 31 January due to winter pressures reports the BBC.

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 stay well this winter.

SUICIDES among young women have nearly doubled in the past decade despite overall rates hitting a 20-year low, figures show. The suicide rate among women...