PFCC Roger Hirst praises County’s response so far to COVID 19

Content from Police, Fire, and Crime Commissioner for Essex Roger Hirst, the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex, has praised our health, emergency services, local authority, business, voluntary sector and charity colleagues as Essex responds to the Coronavirus pandemic. “Our NHS and Public Health colleagues are busy working around the clock and our emergency … Continue reading PFCC Roger Hirst praises County’s response so far to COVID 19

Duncan Selbie’s Friday Message – 20 March 2020

Content from Public Health Matters blog Dear everyone COVID-19: Whatever it takes We are in truly unprecedented times and now more than ever the country needs the expertise, skill and professionalism of the public health community. The radical social distancing measures set out by the Prime Minister this week require a herculean effort from all … Continue reading Duncan Selbie’s Friday Message – 20 March 2020

The Essex Map offers signposting to activities and support for those self-isolating

Content from The Essex Map At The Essex Alliance, we’re passionate about helping our members to do what they do best. That’s why we created The Essex Map – to help charities, social enterprises, and community groups to promote their work for free. With the changing climate that Coronavirus is bringing, we’re upping our efforts … Continue reading The Essex Map offers signposting to activities and support for those self-isolating

Routine CQC Inspections Put On Hold

Content from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) CQC stop routine inspections to focus on supporting providers to deliver safe care during COVID-19 pandemic We've now stopped our routine inspections. During the COVID-19 pandemic, our primary objective is to support providers to keep people safe during a period of unprecedented pressure on the health and care … Continue reading Routine CQC Inspections Put On Hold

Duncan Selbie’s Friday message – 13 March 2020

Content from Public Health Matters blog COVID-19 Critical in our response to the COVID-19 outbreak is not only what we do, but when we do it. Taking the right combination of steps at the right time based on scientific evidence is important for many reasons, most notably in ensuring that they have as positive an … Continue reading Duncan Selbie’s Friday message – 13 March 2020

Working together to tackle violence in our communities

Content from PFCC Recently, the Government awarded Essex £1.1 million to tackle violent crime. This further funding is on top of the £1.16 million received during the current financial year. In Essex we are working hard to tackle violence in our communities and are well ahead of other areas of the country. We have already … Continue reading Working together to tackle violence in our communities

CQC responds to the outbreak of coronavirus

Content from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) We've written to all registered providers in England setting out how we're responding to coronavirus and how we plan to approach future decisions as the situation develops. At this challenging time we've established three key principles that we'll use to make sure services continue to be safe, whilst limiting … Continue reading CQC responds to the outbreak of coronavirus