THE Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) is delighted to announce that Dr Shico Visuvanathan, consultant microbiologist and director of infection prevention and control, has been awarded an MBE in the New Year’s Honours list. Dr Visuvanathan has been recognised for services to microbiology, infection…

RON Leslie, a heart failure specialist nurse in the cardiology department, has won a national award from heart failure charity, The Pumping Marvellous Foundation. Ron was nominated by patients to receive a ‘You’re Simply Marvellous’ award. This award acknowledges the value that healthcare professionals bring…

Dear residents, TONIGHT, the Prime Minister has announced a national lockdown in England, in part due to the new variant of the COVID-19 virus, which is spreading at an aggressive rate. Primary and secondary schools will also close and move to remote education from tomorrow,…

PRIME Minister Boris Johnson tonight plunged England into a new lockdown as he set out emergency measures to control the spread of new strains of coronavirus amid concerns the NHS risks being overwhelmed. Schools, shops and sports venues will close their doors for six weeks in scenes not witnessed since…

FIRST doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus jab are to be given as the UK accelerates its vaccine programme to tackle a surge in cases. More than half a million doses of the vaccine are ready for use on Monday. The health secretary described it as…

THE NUMBER of deaths at Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) in Harlow has increased to 310. There were five deaths registered on January 1st. The total number of deaths in December was 70. The highest toll since April. YH understands that there are now eight wards…

THE HARLOW Slimming World team are ready to help you with your plans for 2021. Throughout the year, Your Harlow and the Harlow Slimming World team will be running a series of films, news items and stories to help support all those interested in a…

THE NUMBER of deaths at Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) in Harlow has increased to 305. This brings the total number of deaths in December to 70. The highest toll since April. YH understands that there are now eight wards being used: Henry Moore, Kingsmoor, John…

THE new variant of Covid-19 is “hugely” more transmissible than the virus’s previous version, a study has found. It concludes the new variant increases the Reproduction or R number by between 0.4 and 0.7.  The UK’s latest R number has been estimated at between 1.1 and 1.3.…

PRINCESS Alexandra Hospital is one of twenty-three hospital trusts that have more than a third of their core bed base occupied by covid-19 patients reports the Health Service Journal (HSJ. Such high covid occupancy in both intensive care and the core bedbase is putting severe…

AS many of us will see in the new year tonight, leaders across Essex say now has never been a more important time to follow tier 4 rules to minimise the spread of coronavirus. They’re urging everyone to play their part by complying with the…

HEALTH bosses in charge of the Covid-19 vaccine roll out have issued a statement after dozens of elderly Harlow residents were left queueing for well over an hour in freezing conditions outside Lister House surgery in Harlow. A spokesperson for West Essex CCG said: “This…

ST Clare Hospice receives £25,000 Lloyd’s Market funding after nomination from patient’s husband West Essex and East Hertfordshire charity, St Clare Hospice, has been awarded £25,000 funding after winning one of the Lloyd’s Market Charity Awards 2020. The award came after a successful nomination by…

THE breakdown figures for Harlow highlight the fall in numbers. As we said in other articles today, we do not want to raise expectations. The figures relate to December 25th but are reported/published on December 30th. Old Harlow and Newhall is slightly down for the…