A NEW care co-ordination system improving personalised care for thousands of frail and elderly patients across Mid and South Essex has been shortlisted for a national award.  The electronic frailty care co-ordination system, a partnership project between Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) and…

A LARGE number of emergency service personnel attended to an incident at a Harlow housing development near the town. An East of England Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called just after 12pm (Wed) to a medical emergency in Dads Wood in Harlow. An ambulance,…

A SERIOUS road traffic collision eight years ago led to a life-changing journey for occupational therapist Jordan Cole. He was just 20 when he was struck by a motorcycle while crossing a road in Harlow in December 2014. He suffered multiple broken bones and was…

PRINCESS Alexandra Hospital has had to open a new unit to support cancer patients and provide facilities for the manufacture of chemotherapy drugs reports the Local Democracy Reporting Scheme. The new unit was created after 40 sewage leaks were reported across the hospital estate over…

LAST Sunday, team Daniel Robinson & Sons took on team Princess Alexandra Hospital in a charity football match at the Harlow FC stadium, in front of a maximum capacity crowd.   Despite a truly valiant effort by our defiant and determined undertakers, PAH were the…

TWO-thirds of NHS cancer waiting time targets are expected to be scrapped in England, in a move the health service says aims to catch cancers earlier. NHS bosses want to reduce the number of targets, most of which have been routinely missed in recent years,…

A BRITISH surgeon who was shot dead in South Africa has been described as “exceptional” and a “rising star”. Kar Hao Teoh, 40, was a consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow. Police believed he was driving in Cape Town last…

IT has long been touted that 10,000 steps a day is the magic number you need to stay fit and healthy – but a new study shows fewer than 5,000 may be enough to see a benefit reports the BBC. The analysis of more than…

NHS staff across Hertfordshire and west Essex are appealing for the public’s support as they prepare for junior doctors taking their latest round of industrial action during this summer holiday period.  There will be 96 hours of continuous junior doctors’ strike action from 7am on…

SADIQ Khan has said the Home Counties should create their own schemes to help people cope with the expanded ultra low emission zone (Ulez) reports the Local Democracy Reporter. The Labour mayor of London has now opened up Transport for London’s (TfL) scrappage scheme to…

WELCOME to Sweat Harlow. Here is their class schedule  Tuesday and Saturday 9.30-10.15am  The Bridge Church, Purford Green (behind the Co-Op. Manor Hatch) This is a toning class Tuesday 7-8pm St Thomas More Church (Fold Croft) Aerobic and Toning Thursday 7-8pm Lutheran Redeemer Church (…

THE “new hospital” in an area where authorities have planned 23,000 new homes “will be ready to grow from day zero” reports the Local Democracy Reporter. NHS chiefs have said they are prepared to treat growing populations either side of the Hertfordshire and Essex border.…

NORTH Weald Airfield staff were praised by Councillors at the meeting of Epping Forest District Council on Tuesday (25 July) after saving a man’s life. Epping Forest District Council (EFDC) owns and manages the former Battle of Britain airfield at North Weald. The Council’s Operations…

MORE than 220 clinicians from overseas have been welcomed into the NHS with high-quality pastoral care and support. Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust has recently been accredited with an NHS Pastoral Care Quality Award for the support they offer to nurses and allied health…