Health
FROM now, on, we are changing our weekly vaccination reports to just be a statistical return. The government statistics now show first jabs, second jabs and now the booster jab We are not saying gone up or gone down etc or comparing week on week.…
NEARLY half the deaths of people in Essex with learning disabilities last year were related to Covid-19, an NHS review programme has found reports the Local Democracy Reporting Service. According to the Learning Disability Mortality Review programme (LeDeR), an NHS initiative, 185 people with learning…
THE NUMBER of Covid-19 related deaths in Harlow has passed 600. The number of deaths in total is 601. For the record, Covid-19 is the underlying cause of death in around 92% of deaths where it was mentioned in the death certificate. There are a…
A HARLOW doctor has been charged with forging a prescription. Dr Nathan Sandles, aged 39, of Hodgson Way, Harlow has been charged with the following. Between February 21st 2020 and July 24th, 2020 in Harlow used an instrument for a scheduled drug namely a prescription,…
THIS national Grief Awareness Week, Essex County Council (ECC) is reminding residents about the support available across the county for anyone who is struggling to cope following the death of someone close to them. In recognition of the significant impact a bereavement can have on someone’s…
PRINCESS Alexandra Hospital Board Meeting is set to hold a board meeting on Thursday. AGENDA Public meeting of the Board of Directors (held remotely due to COVID-19) Date and time: Venue: 09.30 09.35 Thursday 2 December 2021 at 9.30 – 12.45 Microsoft Teams Meeting Link to agenda…
WE are giving you updates on the Covid-19 situation in Harlow as the needs arise. We are doing this because we want to give Harlow residents an accurate picture of where we are re Covid-19. It is by no mean perfect but it gives you,…
AN experienced leader has been appointed to run the new NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board. The appointment of Dr Jane Halpin was announced today (insert date). A qualified Public Health doctor, with over 25 years’ experience in the NHS in the…
THE government has pledged more than £23 million to end HIV infections in England by 2030, as the armed forces begin removing long-standing barriers to people living with HIV from serving in the military reports Sky News. The funding, which was announced to mark World Aids…
THIS page (see below) is set up on behalf of David Chennells. All donations will go to Headway – the brain injury association. David had a life-changing AVM (bleed to his brain) when he was 26 years old and underwent hours of surgery followed by years…
NHS England is to issue detailed guidance to hospitals, pharmacists and GPs about the major expansion of the Covid booster vaccine programme. Hospital hubs will be asked to offer jabs to the public as well as NHS staff and more pharmacies will be used. The…
A WIDOWER says he will “never get over” the death of his wife after she waited for seven hours in a “freezing cold” ambulance outside a hospital. Alison Drewett, 64, was taken to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, on 7 November after experiencing a…
SLIMMING World at Harlow Rugby Club is moving. After three and a half years at the club, Donna.B has been searching for a new venue and pleased to announce that she will be in her new home from Wednesday December 8th. Donna said: “It’s not…
LAST week, we reported that the owner of a gym in Harlow had been fined £1,000 for breaching coronavirus legislation last year (Nov). Essex Police have now released the body cam footage of the arrest as well as a detailed statement from their assistant chief…
HOSPITAL chiefs are investigating after medics failed to remove a ‘guide wire’ following a procedure at an Essex hospital reports the Local Democracy Reporting Service. The incident – at the Princess Alexandra Hospital – has been reported as a ‘never event’, which is an incident…
WE are giving you updates on the Covid-19 situation in Harlow as the needs arise. We are doing this because we want to give Harlow residents an accurate picture of where we are re Covid-19. It is by no mean perfect but it gives you,…
