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Content originally from Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System The local NHS is urging people to use services wisely as health services across mid and south Essex are experiencing major pressures.   Accident and Emergency departments, the ambulance service, GP practices and community health services are all being stretched by the number of people calling … Continue reading NHS services are under severe pressure, please choose wisely

#MoveWithUs this January as we head back to school! Why not try a new and active way ofgetting to school? Start your own walking group or bike club! Share your active travel with@ActiveEssex and tag us in your pictures!

Content originally from Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System In response to the planned industrial action, the NHS locally is calling on local people to help minimise disruption as far as possible and to safeguard patient care. Junior doctors at all major hospitals in the mid and south Essex area were scheduled to strike … Continue reading Industrial action and NHS services over the Christmas period

Content originally from Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust The latest update from our hospitals can be read here: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKMSEHCP/bulletins/3822331Please can we draw your attention to the following: The information about the Junior Doctor strikes The opportunity to say what information you would like in these newsletters by completing the brief survey.

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20 December 2023  Writing this before Christmas for publication in early January feels tricky. What will have happened by when you read this? Let’s start with the many positives, which are local. In April 2023 The Dengie & SWF Primary Care Network (PCN) started to spring into life. Whilst PCNs were created just before the … Continue reading An update from SWF Health & Social Care Group

Content originally from Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System In response to the planned industrial action, the NHS locally is calling on local people to help minimise disruption as far as possible and to safeguard patient care. Junior doctors at all major hospitals in the mid and south Essex area are scheduled to strike … Continue reading Industrial action and NHS services over the Christmas period

Content originally from Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System. Winter may bring beautiful frost covered landscapes and festive excitement for some. Yet for many others it’s a time when mental health suffers as the shorter, darker days means not getting out as much and the Christmas holiday can make people stressed and sometimes feel … Continue reading How to reduce stress, anxiety and loneliness

One strike may be settled. But what about others? Last opportunity for Covid & Flu vaccinations. Beware Viruses. Other news. Will Consultants accept their new pay offer? The Royal College of Nurses is “appalled” so much money has been offered to the “highest earners” and wants new pay talks for nurses. Worse still, talks with … Continue reading An update from SWF Health & Social Care Group

Content originally from GOV.UK Vector-borne diseases – illnesses that can be transmitted to humans by other living organisms such as mosquitoes and ticks – account for more than 17% of all infectious disease and cause more than 700,000 deaths globally each year. They include West Nile virus, malaria, dengue and yellow fever. As outlined in our Health Effects of Climate Change … Continue reading Health Effects of Climate Change: the health threat from vector-borne diseases