Health and care partners across mid and south Essex have launched a new suicide prevention campaign offering FREE online training to everyone. The #LetsTalkSuicideEssex campaign and the online suicide prevention training is being launched as part of World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) on the 10 September. It has been created by the Mid and [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic has been challenging for everyone, but for some people their personal situation has created additional pressures on top of what is an already difficult situation. In most cases this has made them more vulnerable and exposed to the possibility of contracting COVID-19 and, subsequently, experiencing a poor outcome. The homeless and those [...]
The five NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) across mid and south Essex will be hosting their Annual General Meetings (AGM) throughout September. Details of dates and times are listed below: NHS Thurrock CCG - 22 September 10am to 10.45am NHS Mid Essex CCG - 30 September 3pm to 4pm NHS Basildon and Brentwood CCG - [...]
Home-Start Essex and Southend in Sight are among 10 local voluntary organisations to receive a share of £530,000, awarded from the Mid & South Essex Community Partnership Grants Programme. The Programme has been administered locally by the independent charitable trust, Essex Community Foundation (ECF), working with the Mid & South Essex Hospitals Charity, Mid and [...]
Make sure you know how to get health care support this weekend The summer is drawing to a close and autumn is on its way, but before we get there, we still have the August bank holiday to look forward to! Whatever you may be planning, make sure you know where to get medical support. [...]
The Mid and South Essex Health and Care Partnership is delighted to announce that an initiative, spearheaded by local GP surgeries, to provide better joined-up care for those affected by homelessness in Southend, has been shortlisted for ‘Primary Care Innovation of the Year’ at the national HSJ Awards 2021. The award recognises the outstanding contribution [...]
An ambitious programme of support for Primary Care Networks (PCN) in mid and south Essex has seen the development of bespoke websites that will support patient friendly information and population health management. The first eight PCN websites will launch on 20 August, with all PCNs in mid and south Essex supported to have their websites [...]
A mobile COVID-19 vaccination community bus is now touring Essex to make it as easy as possible for people to get their vaccination without having to make an appointment. Staff from Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Vaccination Programme are working with Essex County Council to encourage more people within local communities to receive their [...]
The local NHS took a step towards its expected future this week with the appointment of Professor Mike Thorne CBE as the chair designate of the structure likely to oversee it. The Health Bill currently going through Parliament will create a statutory Integrated Care Board (ICB) for mid and south Essex if it becomes law. [...]
Mid and South Essex Foundation Trust are committed to strengthening the support they provide to staff working in their women and children’s department from ethnic minority backgrounds and the care they give to families from ethnic minority communities using their maternity services. To help this work, the Trust is forming a network of people who [...]