NHS Thurrock Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) will be holding its Governing Body meeting on 31st July 2013 at 9.30am.Members of the public are warmly invited to attend.
SINCE the new Chief Executive Officer of Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital Foundation Trust (BTUH) came into post and the release of the Mid Staffordshire report we have been working closely with BTUH to put in initiatives that allows the patients voices to be heard from the beside to the boardroom. As the voice of the people of Thurrock it is our responsibility to ensure their services are the best they can be and that their voices are heard by the professionals who provide those services.
NHS THURROCK Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), new local leaders of the NHS, is urging its residents to take advantage of free NHS ‘Stop Smoking’ initiatives and schemes in the area in a bid to combat the worrying statistics in a report released by Public Health England this week. The latest version of the local tobacco control profiles, published on 2 July 2013 by the London Knowledge and Intelligence Team on behalf of Public Health England, showed the extent of the health effects of smoking in England, and more worryingly, for Thurrock.
THE NHS was celebrating its 65th anniversary at the weekend. Thurrock Labour were out in force in Grays High Street to celebrate the event. But was "celebrate" the right word?
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“The reality is that Labour boosted the pay of most doctors whilst reducing patient care. The Public Accounts Committee has even recognised that productivity of hospital consultants fell, with a majority of doctors receiving bonuses that were meant to be reserved for exceptional performance. Many doctors are on six-figure salaries, including extra for working at weekends – but in some hospitals you are 40% more likely to die if you’re admitted at the weekend.
NEW analysis published today by Labour shows that one in five people in Thurrock find their local GP opening times inconvenient. 69% of people in the area want to see their GP surgery’s opening hours extended to include evenings and 71% would like appointments on a Saturday.
This rhyme had to be curtailed before it became inappropriate. But no doubt we all have an idea of what a perfect NHS should look like. A famous evangelist once said: “If you ever find a perfect church, you must not join it; because the moment you join it, it ceases to be perfect”. By the same token, our perfect NHS must not come into being, because as soon as we join it, it will cease to be perfect.
THE GARDEN was impeccably kept. Mr D’s daughter opened the door and led me to her bed-ridden father. The house was perfectly tidy and there were no offensive smells. Mrs D, in her 90’s, was well turned out. I attended to my patient and walked downstairs with Mrs D and her daughter. The daughter was covering for her mother for 2-3 hours every day, so that Mrs D could have some time of her own, just to keep sane. As I was leaving, my eyes caught sight of a black and white picture on the mantel piece showing Mrs D carrying her toddler daughter. The D’s also get some support from carers.
MORE people in Thurrock die of smoking related diseases than the national average.
We have more obese children and adults, worse rates of diabetes and fewer mums breast-feeding their children. The life expectancy of a man living in Tilbury is more than eight years less than a man living in Orsett. This isn’t just unfair, it’s also uneconomic. The burden on the NHS including GPs’ surgeries is increased by this ill-health.
THIS month is Breastfeeding Awareness Month and to mark it Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is officially launching its new infant feeding website. The website www.feedingtogether.com offers a wealth of information about feeding and local parent support groups, and has a section especially for dads.
Whilst it was politicians who brought the NHS into existence, it will be they who will also see it to its grave. Civil servants are probably the engineers of all these disasters. They are self-serving nurseries of new ideas that are simply designed to keep them in their posts, hence the numerous major change sin the NHS which simply cause more confusion.
A NUMBER of events are being held next week to mark Dementia Awareness Week (19 to 25 May). With one in 14 people over the age of 65 and one in six over 80 suffering a form of dementia now and a predicted increase of nearly a quarter in Thurrock by[S1] 2020, dementia is everybody’s business.
MEASLES and the MMR (measles mumps and rubella) inoculation take up has been in the news recently, mainly due to the outbreak in south Wales.
And Public Health England (PHE) this week published the latest quarterly figures for confirmed measles cases in England and linked it to a new national catch-up programme to improve MMR up-take for those most at risk of catching measles – especially those of secondary school age.
KHAI has been a major figure on the Thurrock, Essex ad national track scene for quite a while now. Khai has been competing in athletics since 2008 and has excelled in shot putt, high jump, combined events and hurdles winning a variety of Essex Schools, counties and national events.
