THE new Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) at St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping is due to open in January 2026, and The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) is calling on the support of local artists to donate artwork to help enhance the look and feel…

CHRIS Vince, Member of Parliament for Harlow, has welcomed the Prime Minister’s launch of a bold new 10-Year Health Plan to bring NHS care closer to people’s doorsteps – with Harlow set to benefit from a new Neighbourhood Health Service designed to provide easier, quicker,…

HARLOW Health Centres Trust will hold its Annual General meeting open to the public on Friday 25th July 2025 at 12 noon in the Latton Hall at the Latton Bush Centre, Southern way, Harlow. Harlow Health Centres Trust (HHCT) aim is to provide the best…

AN Essex mental health trust has been warned it must implement measures to prevent staff without basic life support training from working on its wards reports the Local Democracy Reporter. A prevention of future deaths report has highlighted failings by medics to resuscitate 75-year-old Carol…

THE Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) has announced the winner of its DAISY Awards® programme for April 2025. The programme enables patients, families, and colleagues to honour a nurse or midwife who has made a difference to their care and to shine a spotlight on…

HUNDREDS of bodies responsible for overseeing and running parts of the NHS in England will be scrapped, the government has said reports the BBC. The organisations to be abolished include Healthwatch England, which advocates on behalf of patients, and the National Guardian’s Office, which supports…

FOOD businesses must make it easier for customers to buy healthy food, under new government plans announced on Sunday reports the BBC. Supermarkets and food manufacturers in England will partner with the government to tackle obesity rates by encouraging people to make their weekly shop…

THE Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated Essex County Council Adult Social Care services as good. This follows an assurance process that began in May 2024. The CQC published their report today (27 June) and scored the council 73%. The report highlights the council’s commitment…

ELECTRICAL systems at Harlow’s ageing hospital—flagged as a “significant risk”—are among a list of issues that require significant investment over the next decade until a replacement hospital is built reports the Local Democracy Reporter. Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow has said it will have to…

“LIKE all soldiers do, we just crack on and get our heads down. We take care of everything and everyone else before we take care of ourselves.” However, Tony reached the point where he knew he needed help to cope with the overwhelming issues that…

THE Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) welcomed a visit from the High Sheriff of Essex, Julie Fosh, on Friday 20 June to mark the start of the Gibberd Ward Garden development, a project supported by local charity, Rainbow Services. The Rainbow Services Youth Project…

ALL three hospitals providing maternity care in Hertfordshire were required to take action to improve their services following inspections by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), a meeting heard reports the Locall Democracy Reporter. Standards of maternity and neonatal care in the county were discussed at…

WES Streeting has voiced doubts over whether the NHS can afford to establish an assisted dying service, after MPs passed a bill to legalise the procedure last week reports The Guardian. The health secretary was previously a supporter of assisted dying but switched sides last…

A SPECIALIST consultant psychiatrist has been appointed at Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) to help ensure autistic patients receive mental health care best suited to their needs. Dr Catherine Dakin is the first autism specialist consultant psychiatrist in Essex using her personal and…