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WEST Essex and East Hertfordshire charity, St Clare Hospice, is celebrating the second anniversary since the launch of its innovative, social support model to help those experiencing bereavement – Bereavement Cafés. St Clare Hospice’s Bereavement Cafés launched in February 2019 in order to connect people…
FROM a church hall and a theatre, to a football ground and a night club, COVID vaccination sites across Hertfordshire and west Essex have opened their doors to more than 300,000 people since December. Latest figures, released on Thursday 18 February, show that 322,286 people…
CARE home residents in England will be allowed to pick one person to visit them regularly from 8 March, in the first confirmed easing of lockdown since its reintroduction last month reports the BBC. They will be able to meet indoors and hold hands -…
THE NUMBER of cases in Harlow has fallen to 113. It has gone down in the infection table to 132nd out of 315 local authorities. That is a rate of 129.8 cases per 100,000. A fall of 39.2% cases per 100,000 (over seven days). This…
THE INFECTION rate has fallen in four out of eleven areas of Harlow. It rose in four and stayed the same in three. There were 113 cases registered for February 14th and published on February 19th. That is a decrease of five. The lowest area…
THERE has been two further deaths registered at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow. The number of deaths has risen to 517. There have been 30 deaths in the first nineteen days of February. That compares to 126 deaths in first nineteen days of January. There…
THE NUMBER of cases in Harlow has fallen to 118. It has gone back up three places in infection table to 129th out of 315 local authorities. That is a rate of 135.5 cases per 100,000. A fall of 36.9% cases per 100,000 (over seven…
THE INFECTION rate has remained the same in six out of eleven areas of Harlow. It fell in three. There were 118 cases registered for February 13th and published on February 18th. That is a decrease of four. The lowest area is Church Langley with…
THERE has been one further death registered at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow. The number of deaths has risen to 515. There have been 28 deaths in the first eighteen days of February. That compares to 120 deaths in first eighteen days of January. There…
By Prof Gino Martini, Chief Scientist at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Trustee at Harlow Health Centres Trust (https://hhct.org.uk/) Volunteer at Lister Health Centre WHAT vaccinating people at the Lister Health Centre at Harlow has taught me about the ‘milk of human kindness’ or the recuperating…
BORIS Johnson is facing fresh calls to compensate key workers suffering from “long Covid” reports the BBC. A total of 65 MPs and peers have signed a letter to the PM, asking for it to be recognised as an occupational disease. Layla Moran, who chairs…
THE NUMBER of cases in Harlow has fallen to 122. It has also fallen back to 132nd out of 315 local authorities. That is a rate of 140.1 cases per 100,000. A fall of 38.7 cases per 100,000. This is the lowest rate since mid-November.…
THE INFECTION rate has fallen in seven cases out of eleven areas of Harlow. It rose in three. There were 122 cases registered for February 12th and published on February 17th. That is a decrease of twelve. The lowest area is Church Langley with 5.…
THERE has been another five deaths registered at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow. The number of deaths has risen to 514. There have been 26 deaths in the first seventeen days of February. That compares to 111 deaths in first seventeen days of January. There…
NEW figures show the average monthly number of referrals made by the NSPCC Helpline about parental substance misuse in the East of England has more than doubled since the start of the pandemic. Referrals are made to external agencies such as the police and children’s…
HARLOW has jumped back up 23 places in infection table. On Monday it was 144th out of 315 local authorities however today it had gone back up to 121st. This may go to show that the journey back to zero covid in Harlow may take…
