Health
THE number of people waiting more than 12 hours in Essex hospital A&Es for a bed on a ward hit a record high last month, according to latest figures. Across Essex, 68,518 people visited an emergency ward in the area in October, the highest monthly…
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,…
LIVERPOOL-headquartered Covid-19 testing firm DAM Health has revealed plans to create more than 350 jobs in 2022. The company already employs close to 1,000 people across all of its divisions in the UK and internationally across technical, customer service and office-based staff. A significant part…
PRIMARY and secondary school aged children can now learn more about dementia and take part in dementia related activities thanks to the Essex Healthy Schools Programme. One in three young people know someone living with dementia. This could be a grandparent, parent, family member or…
IT has been a challenging couple of years for Harlow Critical Care Nurse Sam Heaton. You can guess why. Over a year ago, Sam decided to try and run for every day in a month. Encouraged by her colleagues at ParkRunandBeyond, she went past running…
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,…
THE over 40’s in Essex are being told getting booster jabs is the ‘most urgent priority’ in the fight against Covid-19. The age group is being encouraged to take advantage of the NHS’s Big Weekend Event of walk-in and bookable appointments this Saturday and Sunday.…
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,…
A HARLOW gym owner has been fined for keeping her business open against government rules during lockdown. Michelle Meade-Wyatt, 46, from Lydiate, Merseyside, admitted keeping The Ripped Gym in Wych Elm, Harlow, open in November last year. She was fined £1,000 and ordered to pay…
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,…
HARLOW MP Robert Halfon has defended his decision to vote for a change to funding care cost cap in England. The Commons endorsed plans announced last week to exclude means-tested council support payments from a new £86,000 lifetime limit on costs. Labour and other opposition…
OPPOSITION MPs last night led a growing clamour for exclusion zones around schools to stop anti-vaxxers targeting children reports the Daily Mail. The urgent calls came after a Daily Mail investigation revealed how a former school governor is running an anti-vax group which has picketed…
A TEAM of play specialists at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) went to great lengths to put on a week of fun and games for unwell children during National Play in Hospital Week. Play in Hospital Week, which took place in late October,…
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,…
MPs will debate new details of the government’s social care cap later, which charities have warned will hit poorer people the hardest reports the BBC. The government published an amendment to its plans last week, saying support payments from councils would not count towards the…
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,…





