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Content originally from Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System In my last email I talked about why keeping an eye on your blood pressure could help keep hearts attacks and strokes at bay.  I hope you found the information useful, don’t forget to look out for the local programmes I mentioned that will help … Continue reading Cutting Back on the Booze

On Sunday 9 October: COVID INFECTIONS, HOSPITALISATIONS & DEATHS ARE RISING AGAIN. PLEASE GET VACCINATED. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggests SWF had 320* Covid cases. 2.3m people in the UK have long Covid. Recent good news included: cancer-killing herpes simplex virus shows promise in early human trials; scientists have developed a virus-killing plastic … Continue reading An Update from Us 09.10.2022

This winter, both COVID-19 and flu may circulate at high levels, potentially at the same time. Ahead of what could be a difficult season, millions of people are being offered vaccination to help protect them over the coming months.

Our monthly update for everyone interested in health and social care with opportunities for people to contribute views and experiences to the health and care regulator.: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKCQC/bulletins/32e4d4d

Here we summarise the key findings from our report Sexually transmitted infections and screening for chlamydia in England, 2021, and discuss we need to know to understand the risks, along with some simple steps we can take to stay in good sexual health.

Content originally from East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust Welcome to September's InTouch EEAST. In this edition… Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II One year EEAST staff hit the headlines Award-winning wellbeing garden opens Developing our clinical strategy Meeting our patients’ unmet needs Patient and public involvement strategy launches Volunteer staff responder scheme trialled Could … Continue reading InTouch EEAST: September 2022

Content originally from Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust  Charlotte Williams, Chief Strategy and Improvement Officer, with the Innovation FellowsHealth innovations to improve patient livesNew ideas are set to help enhance patient care thanks to a group of specially selected people working with our Trust.More than 20 innovators have been chosen to join the … Continue reading An update from our hospitals

Below is the hyperlink to the new Secretary of State for Health & Social Care's policy paper 'Our Plan for patients' published on Friday 22 September 2022. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/our-plan-for-patients/our-plan-for-patients

Content originally from East of England Ambulance Service The NHS is currently facing incredibly high demand and we are working very closely with hospitals to improve care for our patients. We have put in place new hospital ambulance liaison officers at hospitals to speed up handovers and new systems to pre-alert hospitals about the sickest patients, and direct non-urgent patients to other services where appropriate. … Continue reading East of England Ambulance Service under extreme pressure

On Sunday 2 October: INEVITABLE WINTER RISE IN COVID INFECTIONS & HOSPITALISATIONS HAS STARTED. IT’S AWFUL FOR THOSE WHO CATCH IT. PLEASE GET VACCINATED. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggests SWF had 246* Covid cases. 2m people (3.1% of our population) have long Covid. Recent good news included: £500m funding to help hospitals discharge … Continue reading An Update from Us 02.10.2022