ESSEX Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) has pledged its support to armed forces personnel and their families by signing the Armed Forces Covenant. Chief Executive, Sally Morris, and Director of People and Culture, Sean Leahy, signed the covenant honouring regular and reservist serving personnel,…

WE would like to say a big Harlow welcome to Charles Jonathan Johannes Cox, born to Lace and Jonathan Cox at 10.38 on Christmas Day, 2019. Charles weighed in at a very healthy 8lb and 13 ounces. Charles was one of several babies born on…

Hospital to offer innovative nursing degree apprenticeships scheme THE Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAHT) in Harlow has become the first hospital in Essex to adopt a new nursing degree apprenticeships scheme, working with Anglia Ruskin University. This four year scheme is a fantastic opportunity for students…

Practice Closing dates 2020. AS part of the West Essex Clinical Commissioning group GP surgery practices will be closed for staff training along with all GP Practices in the local area. They will close at 12.30pm on the following days and open the following morning…

Patient Experience PLACING the patient at the heart of the Trust is fundamental to everything we do at EPUT. To provide the best possible service we use professionals – doctors, nurses and therapists – who are experts in their field. The people who use our…

Thousands more NHS patients and visitors will be able to access free hospital car parking, the government says. FROM April, all 206 hospital trusts in England will be expected to begin offering the concession in line with the government’s manifesto promise. Those with the “greatest…

ON Christmas Day, we went up to St Clare Hospice to interview three members of staff. The Hastingwood-based hospice has a special place in Harlow residents’ hearts and we wanted to find out a little more about what it is like on December 25th. Before,…

The NHS will provide fitness bootcamps for cancer patients to give them a better chance of survival. PATIENTS will be encouraged to sign up for the three-week courses within 48 hours of diagnosis to give them the best possible chance of surviving surgery or chemotherapy.…

THOUSANDS of people with Parkinson’s, dementia, epilepsy and other “invisible” disabilities have gained access to the benefits from Blue Badges under new rules introduced last summer. In the first three months, new figures show, 12,299 new badges – around 130 a day – were granted…

IN case you need to call someone over the festive period, then these numbers may be of help. Phone numbers and twitter for anyone who is struggling at this time of year. You are not alone. @SwitchboardLGBT 0300 330 0630 @Shelter 0808 8004444 @Samaritans 116…

Stansted Airport team bring Christmas to patients early with festive gift delivery THE Stansted Airport team brought Christmas to patients early with a festive gift delivery on Friday, 20 December. They kindly donated more than 50 boxes of gifts for patients on our children’s ward,…

Tottenham Hotspur team treat young patients to festive surprise at local hospital PLAYERS from Tottenham Hotspur Football Club treated young patients to a festive surprise at The Princess Alexandra Hospital today (Thursday, 19 December). Moussa Sissoko, Michel Vorm, Juan Foyth and Oliver Skipp visited the…

AN Essex organisation is joining the campaign to address the urgent need for more lifesaving organ donors from black, Asian, mixed race and minority ethnic backgrounds. Action on Blood has successfully bid for funding to carry out a project to break down myths and increase…

CASES of dementia in the health region that covers Harlow have risen by over 100%. In April 2014, there were 1387 cases in the area covered by the West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). By March 2019, this figure had risen to 2783. An increase…