From 1 April 2021, all five Clinical Commissioning Groups will take control of the planning, strategic direction, priority setting and decision making for GP services. This is a first step towards strengthening local decision making under plans to create an Integrated Care Systems (ICS) which will manage services on behalf of local people. In line [...]
We quizzed our local Basildon and Brentwood-based Macmillan GP, Dr Deepak Kumar about what to look out for in these two particular cancers and why earlier diagnosis is so important. Macmillan GPs work to influence local commissioning decisions for cancer, encourage and support meaningful engagement about cancer across local health systems, improve lines of communication [...]
When health organisations in Essex sought to radically scale up their digital care home technologies in response to the pandemic, they quickly found that winning health professionals’ trust through smart and targeted engagement was essential – as Michelle Angell, Associate Director of Assurance, Mid and South Essex CCGs, explains. As in many parts of the country, [...]
The NHS in Essex is making sure everyone has access to useful information about COVID-19 and the vaccination programme. A range of materials in different languages including Polish, Romanian and Chinese, along with information in different formats including easy-read leaflets, and video, can be found on the recently launched Essex-wide website www.essexcovidvaccine.nhs.uk. This will help [...]
The East of England Ambulance Service (EEAST), in collaboration with NHS Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), has today (15 February) launched a specialist vehicle offering patients urgent care support in their own home. The service has the additional benefit of helping people to avoiding unnecessary trips to hospital. The mid Essex early intervention vehicle [...]
We know life is stressful right now. We are here for you. Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) and Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) have launched a new support service in response to the pandemic, specifically for people who work in healthcare, social care, the voluntary sector or not-for-profit sector. If you work [...]
People across the East of England are being invited to join a free online event to talk about cancer, with expert speakers and discussion groups. The two Cancer Alliances that cover the region are throwing open their virtual doors for the first time, in order to hear people’s views and concerns about cancer, following almost [...]
It is National Apprenticeship Week this year focuses on the theme of Build the Future: Train, Retain and Achieve. The week is designed to celebrate the apprenticeship community, promote the benefits of apprenticeships, and showcase the resilience of apprentices and employers during the pandemic. Let's begin by celebrating, assistant infection control practitioner Charlotte Brett has won the [...]
Essex Community Foundation (ECF) is pleased to be delivering this programme on behalf of Mid & South Essex Hospitals Charity for the benefit of Mid and South Essex Health and Care Partnership. Funding of £535,000 has been made available by NHS Charities Together to support voluntary and community organisations in Mid and South Essex [...]
As many of us will see in the new year tonight, leaders across Essex say now has never been a more important time to follow tier 4 rules to minimise the spread of coronavirus. They’re urging everyone to play their part by complying with the regulations to help drive down infection rates and to follow [...]