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What is Pension Credit?Pension Credit gives you extra money to help with your living costs if you’re over State Pension age and on a low income. Pension Credit can also help with housing costs such as ground rent or service charges. Pension Credit is separate from your State Pension. You can get Pension Credit even … Continue reading Are you entitled to Pension Credit?

Content originally from Mid & South Essex Most illnesses in children are mild and will go away by themselves but sometimes it can be difficult to tell how ill your child really is. Do they have common sickness, or are you missing the signs of a serious underlying condition that needs urgent medical attention?  To … Continue reading Know what to do when your child is unwell with this simple guide

1 in 6 people live with a neurological condition ranging from headaches and other relatively common issues, to more serious ones such as MS, MND, strokes, brain injury or tumours and epilepsy.  The Neurological Alliance is the leading coalition of over 90 charities working to transform quality of life for people with neurological conditions. It is hoping … Continue reading Neurological Alliance is currently running their #MyNeuroSurvey

Content originally from Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Work to build the Braintree Community Diagnostic Centre has started. The centre is being built on the St Michael’s Hospital site. Once complete, the centre will offer X-rays, CT and MRI scans, blood tests and much more. Read more

Content originally from Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust A new state-of-the-art Ophthalmology Diagnostic Hub has opened at Tylers Ride in South Woodham Ferrers. The opening of the new eye clinic means that patients now spend less time in the clinic and need fewer in-person appointments, which has led to a more efficient and … Continue reading New diagnostic clinic speeding up eye care

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Dear Kingsway Surgery patients, we would like to offer our sincere apologies for the queue lengths at our covid and flu vaccination clinic on Saturday 5th October 2024. Sadly, one of our vaccinators did not arrive which meant we could only start the clinic with 4 teams working; thankfully Dr Krish stepped up to help and … Continue reading Apology from Kingsway re Saturday 5th October vaccination clinic problems

The New Hospital Programme review’s terms of reference have been published at: New Hospital Programme review: terms of reference - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) . This review includes the future of Harlow’s Princess Alexandra Hospital. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cje3wjwk3kko “Health secretary 'committed' to new hospital”. Baroness Lampard’s public inquiry into more than 2,000 mental health related deaths at NHS-run children … Continue reading An update from SWF Health & Social Care Group

An extremely busy last few weeks. Bit more space for this article to include more items and more about them: Mid & South Essex (MSE) Integrated Care Partnership pilots an innovative new programme to improve access to NHS dental services which has started well. Hoping to be able to publish the report about this soon; … Continue reading An update from SWF Health & Social Care

Content originally from NHS Mid and South Essex With the right support, quitting is easier than you think. Visit our website for information on local support to help you quit smoking.