Health
PEOPLE are waiting too long for mental health care and are not able to access the care they need when they need it, a survey from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) revealed today (Thursday 3 April 2025). CQC’s survey of more than 14,000 people who…
HARLOW U3A Choir was in fine voice as they performed a wide range of songs at the Dementia Café in Moot House this week. The programme began with a favourite number: Que Sera Sera, and it wasn’t long before the audience joined in with the…
THE Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) has announced the winner of its DAISY Awards® programme for February 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…
GREATER Anglia is encouraging people to get out and explore Essex by train this month with a range of discounts. To make it easier and even more convenient to travel by train, Greater Anglia has several great value fares available such as discounted Advance tickets,…
PEAR Tree Mead Academy are pleased to welcome their new school puppy to the school. The children voted and named him ‘Numbers’. Over the next few months he will trained as a school therapy dog and will begin working with the children. The children are…
ANGLIA Ruskin University (ARU) is connecting medical innovators with a new hospital for Harlow, putting cutting-edge technology at the heart of patient care. The Government has confirmed the funding and timetable for a new state-of-the-art hospital for Harlow to replace the ageing Princess Alexandra Hospital,…
A HARLOW artist is set to run 100km in one day to raise funds for mental health services. Toni Frostick, 40, will take on the London 2 Brighton Ultra Challenge on May 24 in support of Mind in West Essex, after the independent mental health…
THE IT team at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT), in collaboration with its mobile connectivity partner Freshwave, has been awarded third place in the prestigious 2025 Global Telecoms Awards. The awards aim to recognise excellence in innovation and leadership within the telecommunications industry…
NETWORK Rail is urging the public to stay vigilant and report fly-tipping to help maintain a cleaner, safer railway for everyone and help reduce disruption to rail services. Fly-tipping, along with cable theft and graffiti, is a form of railway vandalism that disrupts passenger journeys…
THOM Lafferty, chief executive at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) and Jamie Coates, head of people resourcing and retention at PAHT, visited Stansted Airport College last week (21 March) on a fact finding visit to learn more about how Stansted Airport College supports…
HEART nurses are celebrating winning national recognition for an innovative virtual ward, which is the first of its kind in the East of England. Cardiothoracic Clinical Nurse Specialists, at the world-renowned Essex Cardiothoracic Centre (CTC) at Basildon Hospital, monitor patients’ symptoms, while they wait at…
A COUPLE whose newborn baby was starved of oxygen during labour have told a coroner’s court she was “failed by those looking after her” reports the BBC. An inquest is being held into the death of Emmy Russo, who was born at Princess Alexandra Hospital…
PLEASE join us for this free event as we talk about all things mental health and try to normalise mental health and to remove the taboos stigmas and shame which sometimes gets attached to mental health illness This Monday 24th March Aaron will continue to…
A NEW online offer for unpaid carers has launched. The offer aims to enrich carers’ lives, reduce their burden, address isolation, and create a supportive community. The new virtual offer for carers will be delivered by Mobilise. It will provide information, advice and guidance at…
LOIS Jackson, aged 43, from Waltham Abbey, is preparing to take on the London Marathon on 27 April, in honour of her beloved daughter, Edie. Edie tragically passed away at the age of seven after a courageous 14-month battle with a brain tumour. Though not…
THE Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) is delighted to announce that Dr Preethi Gopinath, director of medical education at PAHT, has been named Director of Medical Education (DME) of the Year by Medical Education Leaders UK. This prestigious national award recognises outstanding contributions to…
