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Welcome to our NHS Mid and South Essex news round up. This regular email series brings you the latest local news on innovations in healthcare, changes and improvements to services and how the NHS is helping local people in need.To read the full bulletin please click here

Across Mid and South Essex, families just like yours are finding reassurance through the Super Bodies campaign. Parents tell us that by keeping vaccinations up to date, using NHS advice, and knowing when to seek help, they feel more confident caring for their children during winter.  Here’s what some local families have to say: "When the … Continue reading Super Bodies in action: real families, real confidence

Our virtual public 2025 AGM was held on 25 September. Highlights of our 2024-25 year were the publications of our “The Impact of Covid on Dying, Death & Bereavement” film, and our “Accessibility to Healthcare Services in SWF, the Dengie & Maldon” report. The film enables people to reflect on their sad and traumatic experiences. … Continue reading An update from SWF Health & Social Care Group

As we enter autumn, rates of respiratory illnesses start to rise and people ask how the most common current lineages – or groups of genetically similar viruses – compare to previous COVID-19 variants.   Read the new post: https://ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2025/09/25/should-we-be-worried-about-the-current-covid-19-variants/

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Please find below the October course list for the Recovery College. As well as our usual range of courses we have introduced some online Wellbeing Film Screenings, which have evolved from the Therapeutic Photography and Filmmaking sessions. Running every Friday afternoon in October we will be exploring films and how they affect our Mental health, either through … Continue reading Mid Essex Recovery College October courses

GPs have traditionally been the gatekeeper, signposting patients to specialists within the NHS. Now, thanks to the NHS’s focus on self-referral services, patients can have more control and can get quicker access to appropriate treatment from local healthcare services without having to wait for an appointment at their surgery. Why self-refer? Empowers the patient: choose the service … Continue reading Self-refer for direct care

The SWF Health & Social Care Group Public meeting was held via Zoom on 25 September, 7pm - 8:30pm. Key documents: AGM NoticeAGM AgendaAnnual ReportAppendicesMinutes

URGENT: Wheelchairs at Crouch Vale Medical Centre are still missing. They seem to have been stolen. One has been donated. If you have a wheelchair that’s no longer needed, please donate or loan it by taking it to the ground floor Reception where they will be accepted gratefully. In future they will be kept in … Continue reading An update from SWF Health & Social Care Group