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Influenza (flu) kills an average of 8,000 people every year, and it can be particularly serious in older adults, very young children, and people with underlying health conditions.

Take part in a tree-planting scheme on 2nd February in Creekview Road, South Woodham Ferrers from 10am-1pm.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared 2020 as the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife, in honour of the bicentenary of the birth of the founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale.

SWF Health & Social Care groups are members of Livewell Chelmsford, and would like to provide the following update having contributed to the Chelmsford Health & Wellbeing Plan.

A devoted wife has told how her video diary of her husband's recovery from a stroke - so severe that half his skull was removed to save his life - has gained 56,000 Facebook followers.

As discussed at our 2019 AGM we have been working on a new approach for the work and activities of this Group.

Please note that there will be reduced opening hours of many services throughout the Christmas period. If you need medical attention outside of the times below, please call 111. In an emergency, please call 999. GP Surgeries Brickfields Surgery, Greenwood Surgery, and Kingsway Surgery have all moved to the new Crouch Vale Medical Centre. DayDateOpening … Continue reading Christmas Opening Hours

Content originally from the Medical Research Council People were less likely to catch either influenza or a common cold-causing rhinovirus if they were already infected with the other virus, a new study by scientists from the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research has found. Understanding how these distinct viruses inhibit each other could help public health … Continue reading Cold infections may be less frequent in people with the flu

Coming up in 2020 In the new year, Health Matters will cover the priority areas for public health that were outlined in the PHE Strategy 2020-25

When Lucy Edwards found out she had been chosen to be a presenter on Radio 1, she spent the day "jumping up and down like a bunny rabbit".