MORE than 160 local people turned out to support St Clare Hospice on Sunday 16th October 2022 to take part in the charity’s fourth annual Walking in Memory event – a 5k sponsored walk through the local, Essex countryside. The event has raised around £15,500 so…

THE dedicated breast unit team at St. Margaret’s Hospital has unveiled a new floor-to-ceiling piece of artwork in their appointment waiting area after receiving a generous donation from a local golf club. Sue Atherton, past ladies’ captain at the Chigwell Golf Club, selected the Breast…

THE One Step at a Time team, which includes colleagues from The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT), The Patient Panel at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, and the Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board, won the Team of the Year category at…

IT appeared that World Mental Health Day and World Suicide Prevention Day came and went without any input from the Conservative-led Harlow Council. Therefore, Labour leader, cllr Chris Vince asked the portfolio holder for community resilience, cllr Joes Charles a number of questions on why…

OCTOBER marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month and at PAHT we are encouraging our community to be aware of the signs and symptoms of breast cancer. Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in the UK. Most women diagnosed with breast cancer are over…

IT has been a long time coming but Harlow Hospital Radio finally got to celebrate its 50th anniversary – two years late – with a 52 hour live broadcast weekend from October 7th – 9th. HHR’s basement studio at Princess Alexandra Hospital was buzzing with…

ROBERT Halfon, MP for Harlow will today present a disability charter petition to Harlow Council along with the support of other Harlow-based charities, schools and organisations to promote improved disability access across the constituency.  Mr Halfon is planning on presenting six different initiatives to Harlow…

A NEW scheme has been launched to help improve the health of people living in some of our area’s most challenged communities. Through the ‘Our Health Matters’ scheme, pilot projects are being set up in six district council wards, in Hertsmere, Epping Forest and Harlow,…

RECENTLY, a number of med-tech start ups and business students from Memorial University in Canada came to the UK to explore opportunities in the UK Innovation corridor. Harlow Playhouse hosted an event where members of Harlow Council, Harlow Chamber of Commerce and a number of…

THE number of people not looking for work because they are suffering from a long-term illness has hit a record high, latest official figures show reports BBC. The fall in the number looking for work has helped to push the unemployment rate to its lowest…

A CARE Home in Harlow has been told it “requires improvement” following a government inspection. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) visited the accomodation off Parsloe Road in August. Sumners Farm Close provides care to people living in specialist ‘extra care’ housing. Extra care housing is…

GMB members in the ambulance service have been forced to take a stand in order to protect patient care The East of England Ambulance Service faces a strike vote as GMB Union launches a formal industrial action ballot. Ballot dates will be announced in the…

NHS Business Services Authority has published official statistics on Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) as part of wider work to address supply chain shortages and taboos around the subject. NHS Business Services Authority has published official statistics on Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) as part of wider…

THANKS to a generous donation of £25,000 from The Charles French Charitable Trust, St Clare Hospice in Hastingwood, Harlow, will soon be welcoming patients and family members to their newly equipped outpatient consulting rooms. The rooms will be set up for both face-to-face and virtual…