OH DEAR, Oh dear. According to the Mirror, The NHS is being robbed by GP’s who are collecting money for unregistered patients! This was mentioned in a comment on my last blog. To be more precise, four GPs have been charged for cheating. And the remaining 33,000 GP’s? Let’s see!
THERE is still time to join the Stoptober challenge, kick the habit and add an extra seven days to your life for every 28 days you remain smoke free.
Although Stoptober is a 28-day quit attempt to encourage the nation’s eight million smokers to take the first steps towards a smoke-free future, it’s not too late, there’s still time to join. Reducing the number of people smoking is a key health target for Thurrock as smoking related deaths are high locally.
"The figures speak for themselves. We have been contacted by individuals, parents, groups and organisations who support residents in Thurrock with Learning Difficulties (LD) and been told of those who’s GP’s have openly refused to carry out the checks of our residents with LD who have life limiting diseases or who have in fact died of conditions that MAY have been avoidable had they been picked up sooner."
3rd October 2013, 10am –4pm Civic Hall, Blackshots
Health Matters, Care Matters
Health and Care matters are now at the forefront of older peoples concerns.
The Statutory...
NHS Thurrock Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) will be holding its Governing Body meeting on 25th September 2013 at 9.30am. Members of the public are warmly invited to attend. The meeting will be held in the Main Hall at The Culver Centre, Daiglen Drive, South Ockendon, Essex. RM15 5RR
STEPHEN Metcalfe, MP for South Basildon and East Thurrock, has invited measures that will see an extra £2,490,00 invested into the local A&E department to help with the busy winter months. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt recently declared that £250 million will be distributed to 53 NHS Trusts up and down the country, including Basildon and Thurrock NHS Foundation, to help them cope with the strain of the cold winter weather.
TWO Thurrock councillors say they plan to work together to tackle the lack of GPs across the Borough. Cllr Barbara Rice, portfolio holder for health and her “shadow” Cllr Shane Hebb say they are concerned about the “significant challenges in relation to GPs in the Thurrock area” reports The Thurrock Enquirer.
STROKE seminar organised by Basildon and Thurrock hospital. Main basis of the day is awareness. Whole host of speakers including vascular surgeons and speech therapists.
NHS Thurrock Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) welcomes emerging findings that show A&E services at Queen’s hospital, Romford and King George hospital in Ilford, are safe. Havering, Barking and Dagenham and Redbridge Clinical Commissioning Groups commissioned the external review into A&E services at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT) in August.
NHS THURROCK Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) will be holding its Governing Body meeting on 28th August 2013 at 10.0am. Members of the public are warmly invited to attend.
RECENTLY, on a bright sunny morning in Grays Beach Park, a group of people, who have changed lives and are changing lives, gathered together to have what can only be described as a fun day. Open Door, located on Orsett Road, Grays has been transforming lives for a number of years now.
THERE is no age criteria for Extra Help. It is a service that facilitates for both the young and elderly, supporting people when they are struggling to manage and maintain independence either through Health issues, age or experiences in their life.
THURROCK COUNCIL has been landed with a care bill for a person with special needs who doesn't even live in the borough. The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has a specially adapted home in Upminster.
BABY Kate received a royal welcome when she was born at Basildon University Hospital on Monday 22 July. When coming into hospital on Monday morning little did Natia Kavelashvili know that she was going to give birth to her new baby girl at exactly the same time as the new Royal Prince was born.
