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Content originally from Mid and South Essex Health and Care Partnership We are writing to let you know that more local vaccination services run by family doctors and their teams will open across mid and south Essex today (Wednesday 30 December), as the roll out of the biggest vaccination programme in NHS history continues. Further … Continue reading More local GPs begin offering COVID Vaccine as part of biggest ever NHS immunisation programme

We thought it would be useful to post our response to a comment on the article from Mid and South Essex Health and Care Partnership, found here Comment: Thank you for the information and I fully understand the logistical nightmare in rolling out the programme of vaccinations. However, can someone tell me why, I, as … Continue reading Response to post : COVID-19 immunisation programme roll out across mid and south Essex

The positives of 2020: How communities and people united as one and were stronger than ever.

An update from our hospitals, Tuesday 22 December 2020

Greenwoods, Kingsway and Brickfields GP SurgeriesThursday 24th December 08:00 – 18:30Friday 25th December CLOSEDMonday 28th December CLOSEDTuesday 29th December 08:00 – 18:30Wednesday 30th December 08:00 – 18:30Thursday 31st December 08:00 – 18:30Friday 1st January 2021 CLOSEDMonday 4th January 2021 08:00 - 18:30 Village PharmacyThursday 24th December 09:00 - 18:30Friday 25th December CLOSEDSaturday 26th December 09:00 … Continue reading Opening Hours of GP, Pharmacies and Dentists over the Holiday Period

Content originally from GOV.UK The virus that causes COVID-19 is known to spread in clusters. Identifying these sources of infection is key to reducing spread, unfortunately, it is often not possible to know where people got infected particularly when there is significant spread of the virus in the community. There are, however, several tools that … Continue reading Can you tell where you caught COVID-19?

Essex is suffering badly; if we go into Tier 3 for COVID-19, SWF Health & Social Care Group will continue to work collaboratively with the Town’s GPs and Pharmacists. We also answer referrals from the national GoodSAM, Essex Wellbeing & Chelmsford Community Support Services. We’re very concerned at the dramatic rise in cases of this … Continue reading Update from SWF Health & Social Care Group

Content originally from GOV.UK We are currently receiving lots of updates and seeing regular news stories on COVID-19 vaccines as well as articles on vaccines in general. There is a lot of interest in how they are made, approved and rolled out to the public. You may have seen mentions of the Joint Committee on … Continue reading The roles of the MHRA and JCVI in COVID-19 vaccines

Peter Blackman, Chairman of SWF Health & Social Care Group, discusses the new Think111 campaign launched on 1 December.

An update from the Quality Care Commission. SWF Health & Social Care Group have been asking questions about mental health care in our local community particularly as affected by Covid, lockdowns and restrictions. Discussions and meetings are continuing.