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If you need urgent dental care, appointments are now available in dental practices across mid and south Essex. You can access these appointments by calling NHS111 – and you don’t need to be registered with an NHS dentist to access them. The appointments are for urgent conditions like severe toothache, abscesses or swellings, severe bleeding … Continue reading Don’t start the new year with dental pain 🦷

New and updated items follow first. Flu is rising again. NHS said that Christmas gatherings may have caused a resurgence in flu and other winter viruses. The average number of hospital patients with flu was 2,924 in week to 4 January, a rise of 9% on the previous week after falls the previous fortnight. There … Continue reading An update from SWF Health & Social Care Group

We're reaching out to ask for your help in shaping the future of community mental health services in mid and south Essex. Your experience will help us to ensure that our services truly reflect what matters to you and your loved ones. Have you used community mental health services in our area? Have you supported … Continue reading Share your experience of community mental health services

SWF Health & Social Care Group has been successful in arranging for two award winning Mental Health Toolkit half-day workshops to be delivered by Mid & North East Essex Mind. This has been completely funded by SWF Town Council and is for patients and people in and around South Woodham Ferrers (preference will be given … Continue reading Mind Mental Health Toolkit sessions for SWF

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. To read the full news round out please click here

The alert has now been extended by a futher 3 days until 09/01/2026 The amber cold health alert is in effect from 8PM on 31/12/2025 until 10AM on 12/01/2026 across the East of England. The amber alert has a matrix score of 12. This means:Forecast weather is likely to cause significant impacts across health and social care services, including: a rise in … Continue reading Cold health alert updated for the East of England

Local data before Christmas showed 40 out of 1,850 beds (2.1%) were occupied by flu patients in our Basildon, Chelmsford & Southend Hospitals, double the previous week. Nationally last week 2,676 people were in hospital with flu, down from 3,000 the previous week. But there’s now an amber extended cold health alert until 9 January.  … Continue reading An update from SWF Health & Social Care Group

Adenovirus might not be a household name like flu or the common cold, but it’s one of the most common causes of viral infections. Most people will have had at least one adenovirus infection before they turn 10. Read the new post: https://ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2026/01/07/what-are-the-symptoms-of-adenovirus-and-how-does-it-spread/ Content from GOV.UK

If you smoke, or know someone who does, make stopping smoking your new year priority. The new year is a natural time to think about positive change. If you smoke, stopping is one of the most powerful steps you can take to protect your health and wellbeing. It doesn’t matter how long you’ve smoked. From … Continue reading Take the first steps to stop smoking this new year

You may be aware that from January 2026 there will be some changes to the childhood vaccination schedule. These updates have been introduced to give children earlier and broader protection against serious illnesses. The revised schedule ensures vaccinations are offered at the most effective times to help protect children as early as possible. Your GP … Continue reading Changes to the childhood vaccination schedule