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ST ELIZABETH’S CENTRECARE & SUPPORT WORKER – CHILDREN’S RESIDENTIAL £23,400 – £24,862 PER ANNUM £12.00 – £12.75 PER HOUR MUCH HADHAM, HERTFORDSHIRE Have you been thinking about a career in child care but not sure where to start? Are you a caring, fun person with…
ON FRIDAY, Zak Marks and his team from Kitt Medical visited Passmores Academy and spoke to a number of teachers and staff about their Anaphylaxis Training Course. A severe and often sudden allergic reaction is called anaphylaxis, which can progress into a life-threatening reaction within…
A NEW series of pilot projects will help residents to secure work in the health and care sector. Essex County Council and Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSEFT) have committed a total of £610,000 to these interventions.The project comprises three ambitious workstreams. Anchor…
Dear Editor, I AM delighted to be helping the MS Society celebrate the amazing volunteers who help the charity support people living with multiple sclerosis (MS) across the UK. We’re looking for people in the South East to nominate volunteers who have made an impact on people affected by MS. Whetherthat’s through outstanding support, adventurous fundraising or tackling injustice on behalf of the whole MS community – we want…
HARLOW Labour succeeded in getting the Conservative group to work together on a creation of a Disability Consultation Panel. Over the past few weeks, there appeared to be some form of political chess going on. On Thursday night, Netteswell councillor James Griggs tabled a motion…
HOT on the heels of the Tour of Britain event, the ICAN (Inclusive Cycling Around the Neighbourhood) Project was officially rolled out on Sunday 10 September at the EXL Driving School in Harlow by Roots to Wellbeing CIC. The event was an opportunity for adults…
WHEN Prince William and Kate Middleton (the current Prince and Princess of Wales), came to visit Patrick Regan’s successful youth charity, XLP, it should have been the highest point in his career. Pictures of Patrick with the Prince and Princess adorned every glossy magazine, his…
ROBERT, MP for Harlow, welcomed the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), Lord Markham, to Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) this week. Following a decade of lobbying from Mr Halfon, the new hospital building programme was re-confirmed earlier…
VACCINATIONS to protect the most vulnerable against flu and COVID-19 started this week across West Essex and Hertfordshire and eligible people are being urged to get the jabs as soon as they are offered.The winter vaccination programme, which was originally due to start next month,…
NHS staff across Hertfordshire and west Essex are appealing for the public’s support as they prepare for junior doctors and consultants taking joint industrial action. Consultant doctors will be taking 48 hours of continuous industrial action from 7am on Tuesday 19 September until 7am on…
PEOPLE 65 and over in England are being urged to get a top-up booster vaccine against Covid at a time when more people are coming into hospitals with the virus reports the BBC. Those who are eligible can book via the NHS website, on the…
WOMEN who are registered with the following GP surgeries are to be invited to access breast screening at a mobile unit in Harlow from October 2023 to June 2024. Lister Medical CentreThe Hamilton PracticeOld Harlow Health CentreChurch Langley Medical CentreThe Ross PracticeNuffield House Health CentreAddison…
Kintsugi’ (金継ぎ) is a Japanese technique for repairing pottery with seams of gold. The word means ‘golden joinery’ in Japanese. This repairs the brokenness in a way that makes the object more beautiful, and even more unique, than it was prior to being broken. Instead of hiding the…
THE family of a British surgeon who was shot dead in a car in South Africa have thanked people for their “outpouring of love and support” after his funeral. Kar Hao Teoh, 40, a consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow,…
THIS is an all day event starting from 12pm with lots in store including live music and DJs through the day with lots of fundraising. Quinn Gosnell is quite simply one of a kind. The four-year-old has a rare form of kidney cancer but everyone…
IF you are struggling with your mental health and experiencing suicidal thoughts, please tell someone. Whatever you are going through, there is always help available. We offer a number of services for adults aged 18 and over who are in crisis and need urgent help.…
