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A ground-breaking NHS pilot is now live across Basildon, Brentwood and mid Essex, offering free blood pressure checks to eligible patients during routine dental appointments. Twelve local dental practices are taking part in the initiative, which is open to anyone over 40 who hasn’t had a blood pressure check in the last year. With around … Continue reading Get your smile and your heart checked – all in one appointment

Both Kingsway and Greenwood GP Surgeries will be closed from 12pm for staff training on the days listed below. This does not mean that the Crouch Vale Medical Centre will be closed as there may still be clinics running on the 1st Floor. It does however mean that phones won’t be answered and the reception … Continue reading SWF GP half day closures for staff training

Our major activity in recent weeks has been our independent academic survey about accessibility to healthcare services in the SWF, Dengie & Maldon Integrated Neighbourhood Team area. Hopefully you have completed the survey which has been extended for submissions which now close at 2359 on Wednesday 7 May 2025 https://warwick.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2mY0OwsBK4fDLam . If not please do … Continue reading An update from SWF Health & Social Care Group

Working Group Recommendations for Community Health Services include investing to keep St Peter’s Hospital, Maldon operational for five years while funding is assembled for a purpose-built new facility, ideally on the current site. This will maintain all existing outpatient, investigative and therapy services. The NHS cannot efficiently operate Inpatient Care in Maldon due to low … Continue reading An update from SWF Health & Social Care Group

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The BBC reports that: Members of the World Health Organization (WHO) have agreed the text of a legally binding treaty designed to better tackle future pandemics. The pact is meant to avoid the disorganisation and competition for resources seen during the Covid-19 outbreak. Key elements include the rapid sharing of data about new diseases, to … Continue reading WHO agrees legally binding pandemic treaty

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has launched a new campaign to help keep antibiotics working and tackle the threat of antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic resistance is a major public health threat. New attitudinal research by UKHSA highlights that almost half the UK population (42%) are concerned about how the issue affects them. Yet, over half (54%) are either unsure there’s … Continue reading Campaign to keep antibiotics working and tackle antibiotic resistance

One day, a saliva test may help "turn the tide" on prostate cancer, UK scientists claim. It analyses men's DNA to work out who was born with the greatest risk of developing the disease. Targeting them for prostate biopsies and MRI scans discovered some aggressive cancers that would otherwise have gone unnoticed. However, the test has not yet … Continue reading Saliva test may “turn the tide” on prostate cancer

Cancer pill gave me 'four years of extra time'. According to the BBC, Linda Kelly, 67, has advanced breast cancer which has spread to her bones and chest wall, but says a new pill has given her extra years of life and time to travel with her husband. "It does let you have a normal kind … Continue reading New pill to extend life from breast cancer

A scheme to help GPs provide care and advice to patients without them joining long NHS hospital waiting lists is being expanded in England, the government has said. GPs will work more closely with specialists to access expert advice quickly for patients with conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome, menopause symptoms and ear infections. Backed … Continue reading GPs to keep millions out of hospital