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Content originally from Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Maternity services launch focus groups to improve careWe are strengthening the support we provide to families from ethnic minority communities using our maternity services and our staff from ethnic minority backgrounds who work in our women and children’s department. To help do this, we are … Continue reading An update from our hospitals

An invitation to be involved and have your say about the Ambulance Service.

Content originally from Office for National Statistics Washing hands, covering faces and keeping two metres apart (“hands, face, space”) became a way of life during the coronavirus pandemic. And during lockdowns, so did keeping away from friends and loved ones. In a study, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) sought to understand what influences people … Continue reading In their own words: How different people respond to coronavirus guidance

Every year in May, Dying Matters Week gives us an opportunity to place the importance of talking about dying, death and bereavement firmly on the national agenda.

Content originally from Public Health England As many as 40,000 people contacted through NHS Test and Trace will be offered the opportunity to participate in a daily contact testing study that has been set up to test people who have been in contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19. The study will take … Continue reading Daily contact tracing study launches to potentially minimise self-isolation period

Content originally from GOV.UK The COVID-19 vaccination programme is the biggest to have ever taken place in the UK. Over 48 million doses have now been administered, which is estimated to have prevented over 10,400 deaths in England up to the end of March. Recently, there have been reports of an extremely rare condition involving … Continue reading COVID-19 vaccines: JCVI recommendations on the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine

Greenwoods, Kingsway and Brickfields GP Surgeries (When closed, please call 111 ) Saturday 1 May 2021 –  ClosedSunday 2 May 2021 - ClosedMonday 3 May 2021 – Closed  Village Pharmacy  Saturday 1 May 2021 – 9-1 Sunday 2 May 2021 - ClosedMonday 3 May 2021 – Closed   Govani Chemist  Saturday 1 May 2021 –  9-5Sunday 2 May … Continue reading Bank Holiday Opening Times for GP’s, Pharmacies and Dentists

On Sunday 25 April: KEEP PROCEEDING WITH CAUTION PLEASE! Roadmap Step 2 relaxations including Rule of 6/2 households outdoors in place! SWF Health & Social Care Group continues to work collaboratively with the Town’s GPs & Pharmacists. Since March 2020 we’ve delivered over 6550 tasks. If we maintain our guard, our discipline and stick to … Continue reading An Update from Us 25.04.2021

Content from Chelmsford CVS Feeling stressed? Stress Awareness Month has been held every April since 1992, to increase awareness and help break the stigma.The Mental Health Foundation found that 74% of UK adults ‘have felt so stressed at some point over the last year they felt overwhelmed or unable to cope.’ Stress can affect how … Continue reading April is Stress Awareness Month

Content originally from Office for National Statistics An interactive map released by the ONS (Office for National Statistics) has shown that 45 people have sadly died from Covid in South Woodham Ferrers. The increases due to Covid deaths registered in March 2021 are: SWF : 45 deaths over all months (1 death during March)Danbury & Bicknacre: 22 … Continue reading Update : Number of Covid deaths in SWF