Southend Hospital’s “waiting list of pain”
Southend Hospital now has a 53,000-strong “waiting list of pain” as patients desperately await treatment. Paul Collins, Lib Dem councillor
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Thurrock councillor says elderly are being failed by online GP appointments system
Elderly residents in Thurrock are being forced to make GP appointments online a councillor has revealed. Speaking at a Thurrock
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Thurrock patients waiting up to eight weeks for blood tests
Thurrock residents are having to wait up to eight weeks for vital blood tests it has been revealed. A motion
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South Woodford care home with contamination risks requires improvement
A Redbridge care home has been told it needs to improve following concerns being raised over a number of safeguarding
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Rayleigh care home with “closed culture” requires improvement
A Rayleigh care home has been told its service requires improvement after it was discovered that a lack of effective
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Ambulance arrival times quickest since February 2022
Ambulance arrivals have increased by 50 per cent due to an improvement in handing over times at Mid and South
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Latest inspection shows some improvement at Basildon Hospital
An Essex hospital has seen a number of improvements in its service provision following the publication of its latest inspection
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East London hospital trusts to ‘merge’
Two East London NHS trusts have announced they will become one huge hospital “group” covering the whole of East London.
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CQC revokes warning notice on Mid and South Essex hospitals but improvement still required
Inspectors have today confirmed that care at hospitals across mid and south Essex has improved. The Care Quality Commission has
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Data protection delays Rainham dump fire health probe
Investigations into the health impacts of fires from an illegal dump in east London have been delayed for more than
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