Health
A FAILURE of basic protocol at a Harlow NHS mental health unit led to a patient dying by misadventure contributed to by neglect, an inquest jury has concluded reports the BBC. Morgan-Rose Hart, 18, was found unresponsive in her room at the Derwent Centre (which…
THE Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) has received the bronze award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS), in recognition of the support in place at the hospital for the armed forces community. The bronze award recognises organisations that have signed the Armed Forces…
WITH the weather turning colder this weekend, the local NHS is reminding people that it’s not too late to have a COVID-19 and flu vaccination to protect yourself. Pregnant women and people with long term health conditions are particularly being encouraged to come forward for…
HARLOW Labour’s Chris Vince has claimed that residents are being”led up the garden path” by Robert Halfon MP over plans for a new hospital on the border of Harlow. With the date now pushed back into the next decade, we spoke to Mr Vince about…
TO boost the number of early years practitioners in the county’s pre-schools, nurseries, school run nurseries and childminding settings, Essex County Council has launched a recruitment campaign. ‘Make a change. Build a future.’ Is looking to attract people searching for a rewarding career to consider…
CHAOTIC communication by the NHS in England is causing harmful delays to treatment and endangering patient health, according to research reports The Guardian. Widespread communication problems that leave patients and staff scrambling to find their referrals, missing appointments, or receiving late diagnoses have been uncovered in…
INTERNATIONALLY renowned breast cancer surgeon Ashraf Patel MBE received the award of Honorary Doctor of Health Sciences at a graduation ceremony at Chelmsford Cathedral, receiving his award alongside Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) students graduating from a variety of healthcare courses. Born in India, Ashraf studied…
PRINCESS Alexandra Hospital has said a planned opening date of 2030 for a new facility may not be met – while revealing an artist’s impression of where it will be built near Harlow reports the Local Democracy Reporter. Princess Alexandra Hospital currently plans to open…
PRINCESS Alexandra Hospital has been ordered to pay out more than £15,000 after it was found to have discriminated against an employee with disabilities after asking him to switch to part-time work reports the Local Democracy Reporter. The former employee has been awarded £7,000 for…
A CARE company based in Harlow has been told that it “requires improvement” following a CQC inspection. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspected Caremark (Harlow and Epping Forest in October 2023. Their main office is in Circle Line House, East Road,, Harlow. The report states…
A COMMITTED nurse from The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) attended a royal reception hosted by His Majesty The King. The reception, that took place at Buckingham Palace, was an opportunity to celebrate the contribution of nurses and midwives working in the UK’s health…
THE Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust in Harlow has paid out over £2.2m as a result of medical negligence in the last year, new data from AccidentClaimsAdvice.org.uk has revealed. It comes after NHS Resolution, which handles medical negligence claims on behalf of NHS Trusts, revealed that negligence…
THE cost-of-living crisis is making it more difficult for children and young people to access the therapies and interventions they need, say almost two-thirds (65%) of paediatric occupational therapists. That’s according to a new report by the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT), which also…
MORE than a third of water quality failures in homes last year were caused by problems with internal plumbing, according to the Drinking Water Inspectorate’s annual report. While 99.97 per cent of tests in England and Wales passed extensive water quality checks, 38 per cent…
Dear Sir/Madam, CHRISTMAS is a time when families and friends look forward to getting together, but for the 1 in 5 adults with hearing loss, crowded dinner tables full of people laughing and shouting over each other can be a nightmare to follow. Not to…
BORIS Johnson’s flagship hospital building programme and three levelling up funds are mired in delays and unlikely to deliver on time, two highly critical reports by parliamentary watchdogs have found reports The Guardian. In a sobering verdict on the former prime minister’s promise to build 40…
