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Welcome to our NHS Mid and South Essex news round up. This regular email series brings you the latest local news on innovations in healthcare, changes and improvements to services and how the NHS is helping local people in need. More patients report positive experiences of care at GP practices thanks to local initiatives More … Continue reading Pharmacy for quicker care, millions to take inactivity and other news

Resident but recently absent Doctors were on strike from 25 to 30 July. We will learn the impact they had soon. The NHS maintained as many services as possible. The failure of the Government and BMA to reach agreement over pay must be resolved. Talks restarting must solve this dispute Polls suggest the strikers don’t … Continue reading An update from SWF Health & Social Care Group

Almost 1,500 extra procedures a year will now be offered at Braintree Community Hospital, following the opening of a new £1.3 million procedure room The new room will free up main theatres for more complex surgeries, such as knee and hip replacements and will help reduce waiting times and improve access to care for patients. … Continue reading An update from our hospitals – £1.3m upgrade cuts waiting times

NHS Mid & South Essex Integrated Care Board has made the following key decisions:   Community outpatient and ambulatory care services at St Peter’s Hospital, Maldon will remain for up to five years while the local NHS works to develop a new local health hub.  A split-site stroke rehabilitation model will be introduced to improve access … Continue reading An update from SWF Health & Social Care Group

The Moving Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) programme was developed by Action on Addiction, and is now part of The Forward Trust, in response to the 2003 Hidden Harm report. The report highlighted how parental substance misuse can affect children, and the programme aims to improve the well-being of families by helping them work together … Continue reading Moving Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) programme in Essex

This month we are going to embrace the outside as much as we can running outside sessions of Mindfulness, Creating Art and Walks as well as our usual range of courses. Mindfulness – join us every Wednesday at the Octagon at St Mary’s. The second session we will be holding an outside session. Creating Art – weekly outside sessions for our … Continue reading Mid Essex Recovery College – August Timetable

Could you help us encourage more families to protect their children this winter? Have you chosen to vaccinate your child against flu? If so, we’d love to hear your story. As part of our new Super Bodies campaign launching this autumn, we’re looking for real stories from parents across mid and south Essex who’ve made the decision … Continue reading Your voice can help local families

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Welcome to our fortnightly NHS Mid and South Essex news round up. This regular email series brings you the latest local news on innovations in healthcare, changes and improvements to services and how the NHS is helping local people in need. NHS patients urged to continue coming forward for care during upcoming resident doctors’ strike … Continue reading Resident doctors go on strike and decision made on future of St Peter’s Hospital

Following careful review of all feedback and the evidence presented, on 17 July NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board (MSE ICB) approved the following: Summary of key decisions:   Community outpatient and ambulatory care services at St Peter’s Hospital, Maldon will remain for up to five years while local NHS works to develop a … Continue reading An update from SWF Health & Social Care Group