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Content originally from GOV.UK We’ve been receiving a lot of questions about the BA.2.86 COVID variant, as people would like to know how it compares to other variants and what the implications might be for public health. It is important to note that to date only a small number of cases have been identified across the … Continue reading Should we be worried about the new COVID-19 variant?

Content originally from Healthwatch Essex The latest issue of Healthwatch Essex can be viewed here

Content originally from UK Research and Innovation A new independent report released today by UKRI underscores the pivotal role played by UK researchers and innovators in tackling the pandemic. Conducted by Technopolis, the report ‘Impact evaluation of UKRI’s research and innovation funding response to COVID-19‘ unpicks how publicly funded research across the spectrum helped to … Continue reading Report reveals impact of COVID-19 research and innovation funding

Content originally from GOV.UK “You don’t really hear much about syphilis these days, very much the MySpace of STDs [sexually transmitted diseases]” is a line from Tom Wambsgans, a character in HBO’s hit show ‘Succession’. Unfortunately, the latest data on syphilis shows otherwise. Infectious syphilis diagnoses increased to 8,692 in 2022, up 15.2% compared to 2021 (7,543) and … Continue reading Syphilis: get tested, get treated

Content originally from Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System. NHS Mid and South Essex ICB encourages all residents to be prepared, in advance, for the industrial strike action planned for consultants and junior doctors from Tuesday 19 September, until Saturday 23 September.Consultant doctors will be taking 48 hours of continuous industrial action from 7am … Continue reading Local NHS urges residents to be prepared for impact of forthcoming Industrial action

The Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 have now been published.  To view the document on the Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust website, please click on the button below. Read the report

10 September 2023:  Autumn is late after the record-breaking September heatwave which caused dangerous heat-stroke. The NHS Summer Stresses have been indistinguishable from Winter Pressures: The Junior doctors’ 11-15 August strike put services at tipping point. Consultant Doctors struck from 24-26 August. We now face joint strikes: Consultant Doctors 19-20 September + Junior Doctors 20–23 … Continue reading An Update from SWF Health & Social Care Group

If answering Questions 6 & 7 and you didn’t experience any delays use the ‘Other’ answer and enter ‘None’. It was an oversight to omit a ‘None’ option which we’ve pointed out but it’s too late to be added.

Content originally from Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System World Sepsis Day (Wednesday 13 September) is a global day to raise awareness of a devastating condition that accounts for 11 million deaths worldwide each year. NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board (ICB) is spreading the word around sepsis to help local residents … Continue reading Sepsis awareness can save lives – World Sepsis Day 2023

Content originally from GOV.UK Data is now the driving force of the world’s modern economies, fuelling innovation and progress. Data is equally essential to health security, underpinning our ability to prepare for, prevent and respond to health threats so we can save lives and protect livelihoods. Like many other government departments, health, and scientific organisations, … Continue reading Using the power of data to build the UK’s health security