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An update from SWF Health & Social Care Group.

An Update from our Hospitals : updates on a visit from the Secretary of State, our COVID-19 vaccination programme and outpatient activities. Plus, the arrival of new student nurses and the great work of local volunteers.

On 31 January, Essex remains in Lockdown3 for COVID-19.  SWF Health & Social Care Group continues to work collaboratively with the Town’s GPs & Pharmacists. Since March 2020 we’ve delivered over 5300 tasks. On 29 December our local NHS declared a Major Incident due to significant demand on hospitals and social care services across Essex. This … Continue reading An update from Us

Content originally from Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group At a recent Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group Patient and Community Representative Summit meeting, two sections of information were presented. The second provides Key messages from both the NHS and Local Authority. To access the Key messages presentation slides, please click here

Content originally from Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group At a recent Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group Patient and Community Representative Summit meeting, two sections of information were presented. The first provides an Overview of the Major Incident which was declared in Essex, and which we are still in. Although we are beginning to see a … Continue reading Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group Patient and Community Representative Summit meeting

Our short film reaches more than 12,000 people https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFsrtvUB2tE Just before Christmas, Healthwatch Essex launched a sensory awareness campaign supported by our Collaborate Essex forum. The campaign is designed to raise awareness for those living with sensory impairment during the pandemic and the new challenges it has brought. The video has now been viewed more than … Continue reading Healthwatch Essex News & Updates

Join Professor Brian Cox for this free online event on 28 January at 6pm, and explore the vaccines currently being developed and deployed around the world to tackle the #COVID19 pandemic with our panel of experts. https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2021/01/vaccine-race/ Will vaccines provide the solution to the coronavirus pandemic? The race for a COVID-19 vaccine. Image credit: Mr. … Continue reading Royal Society Free Event : Professor Brian Cox discusses vaccine development

Content originally from GOV.UK This bulletin provides an overview of norovirus and rotavirus activity in England during the winter of the 2020 to 2021 season. The data presented are derived from 4 national Public Health England (PHE) surveillance systems, including laboratory surveillance of norovirus and rotavirus, enteric virus (norovirus, rotavirus, sapovirus and astrovirus) outbreaks in … Continue reading Public Health England Stats : National norovirus and rotavirus bulletin: management information

Content originally from Mid and South Essex Health and Care Partnership

New fast Covid-19 testing centres have opened in Essex. These centres are for people who don't have symptoms.