Health
FROM Tuesday, 1 December, The Princess Alexandra Hospital will be reinstating car parking charges for its patients and visitors. Car parking for Blue Badge holders will now be free. At the start of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, car parking charges for patients and visitors at…
THE rate of detentions under the Mental Health Act in England for black or black British people was more than four times higher than for white people in 2019-20, a new report shows. Mental Health Act Statistics 2019-20, published by NHS Digital, provides the official…
BELOW is the data regarding Covid-19 released by the government in relation for Harlow. We will now be publishing this data every day. It details: PCR tests in England, patients admitted in east of England, people tested positive in Harlow, deaths within 28 days of…
A COVID test that can provide a result in 12 minutes will be made available at high street pharmacy Boots reports the BBC. The nasal swab test, which will cost £120, will be available in more than 50 stores across the UK to anyone who…
BELOW is the data regarding Covid-19 released by the government in relation for Harlow. We will now be publishing this data every day. It details: PCR tests in England, patients admitted in east of England, people tested positive in Harlow, deaths within 28 days of…
THE HARLOW Council Covid recovery group met on Thursday night. The committee is a specially appointed group of councillors dedicated to charting Harlow’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The one-hour meeting covered a number of issues but the chair, cllr Eugenie Harvey and her colleagues,…
BELOW is the data regarding Covid-19 released by the government in relation for Harlow. We will now be publishing this data every day. It details: PCR tests in England, patients admitted in east of England, people tested positive in Harlow, deaths within 28 days of…
THE government has introduced a new expectation that schools must make sure they are “always keeping occupied spaces well ventilated” to prevent the spread of Covid-19 reports the Times Educational Supplement. Guidance from the Department for Education (DfE) updated this afternoon sets out the existing…
By Local Democracy Reporter Piers Meyler SIGNIFICANT levels of vacancy within care homes in Essex has led to concerns that many are not getting the level of business that keeps them viable. There have been a total of 244 deaths involving Covid-19 in Essex care…
Drug-related deaths in Harlow have increased over the last two years from 15 to 23. But drug misuse experts have warned that the large increases seen in a report published this week could be dwarfed by the deaths potentially seen in 2020 “unless councils here…
A WHOLE year group at a Harlow school is off due to a number of cases of Covid-19. Senior management at Burnt Mill Academy on First Avenue in Harlow took the decision at the weekend and wrote to parents and guardians. In the letter, jointly…
BELOW is the data regarding Covid-19 released by the government in relation for Harlow. We will now be publishing this data every day. It details: PCR tests in England, patients admitted in east of England, people tested positive in Harlow, deaths within 28 days of…
Monday 19 October 2020 Car Park 12, Cherrydown West, Basildon, SS16 5AJHazelmere Road Car Park, Holland on Sea, CO15 5HUThe Paddocks, Long Road, Canvey Island, SS8 0JA Tuesday 20 October 2020 Braintree Rugby Club, Robbswood, Beckers Green Road, CM7 3PRCar Passenger Arrivals Area, Harwich International…
HARLOW residents may be entitled to a one off payment of £500 if they are told by NHS Test and Trace service to stay at home and self-isolate from 28 September 2020. To be eligible to receive the self-isolation payment, residents must: have received, and…
A MESSAGE from Harlow Stroke Support At Harlow Stroke Support we are running face to face support groups,which are adhering to all of the Covid-19 rules at the GPCA, which is a Covid-19 secure space. The feedback we are getting is fabulous and heart warming, massive improvements…
Endometriosis care across the UK needs urgent improvement and diagnosis times need to be cut in half, a report by MPs says. It found an average wait for a diagnosis was eight years and that has not improved in more than a decade reports the…
