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Welcome to our fortnightly 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. NHS patients urged to continue coming forward for care during upcoming resident doctors’ strike … Continue reading Resident doctors go on strike and decision made on future of St Peter’s Hospital

Following careful review of all feedback and the evidence presented, on 17 July NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board (MSE ICB) approved the following: Summary of key decisions:   Community outpatient and ambulatory care services at St Peter’s Hospital, Maldon will remain for up to five years while local NHS works to develop a … Continue reading An update from SWF Health & Social Care Group

If you need quick advice for a sore throat, skin issue or stomach bug, your local pharmacy can help with expert treatment and advice – usually without an appointment. It’s fast, friendly and often quicker than seeing your GP.  Why use Pharmacy First?  Pharmacies aren’t just for prescriptions – they’re your fast track to expert … Continue reading Visit your Pharmacy First for expert care and advice

Following careful review of all feedback and the evidence presented, on 17 July 2025 NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board (MSE ICB) approved the following: Summary of key decisions:   Community outpatient and ambulatory care services at St Peter’s Hospital, Maldon will remain for up to five years while local NHS works to develop … Continue reading Decision re community health services & St Peter’s future

Following careful review of all feedback and the evidence presented, NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board has today, 17 July 2025, approved the following: Summary of key decisions:   Community outpatient and ambulatory care services at St Peter’s Hospital, Maldon will remain for up to five years while local NHS works to develop a new … Continue reading Decision taken on local community hospital beds and services

The first death in the UK from measles for over a decade, in Liverpool, has sent shockwaves around the country. Despite recent warnings the dangerous decline in MMR vaccination rates continues. Several seriously ill children are in Merseyside hospitals according to large-scale media reports. Public health experts fear a potential outbreak could “spread like wildfire” … Continue reading An update from SWF Health & Social Care Group

Launched by Government 3 July 2025 The Launch of the 10 Year Health Plan for England sets out steps to make the NHS fit for the future. We hope it will work. The three ‘shifts’ are: from hospital to community; from analogue to digital; and from treatment to prevention. These are welcome. Delivering as much … Continue reading 10 Year Health Plan for England

Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board (MSE ICB) is reviewing how endoscopy services are delivered in the community to make sure they are meeting the needs of local people. If you’ve had a procedure such as a colonoscopy, gastroscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy or polypectomy in a community clinic - rather than at one of our main hospital sites in Basildon, … Continue reading Share your experience of community endoscopy services

We’re preparing for this year’s NHS Mid and South Essex children’s flu vaccination campaign, and we’re reaching out to ask for your support. We know from your feedback that trusted voices and real-life stories make a real difference when it comes to decisions about vaccination. That’s why we’re looking for local parents and carers who would be happy … Continue reading Could you help us encourage more families to protect their children this winter?

In this fortnightly email series, Dr Taz Syed, a local GP in Essex, will be taking us through the many different ways patients can access help and healthcare services across mid and south Essex.   Read the article here