Shortage of GPs for NHS helpline
The NHS 111 helpline needs another 70,000 GP slots every month to keep up with demand, south Essex NHS bosses
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NHS beds in the community already occupied ahead of Winter surge
NHS beds in the community – intended to ease pressure on hospitals – are already full across mid and south
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Brentwood mayor raises flag to mark NHS, Social Care and Frontline Worker Day on 73rd anniversary of National Health Service
Mayor of Brentwood, Cllr Olivia Sanders has been joined at the Town Hall by Brentwood Fire Service and her colleagues
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It happened today – this day in history – July 5
1295: Scotland and France form an alliance against England. 1596: The English fleet captures Cadiz. 1687: Isaac Newton’s great work
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Application to turn Ilford GP practice into housing
The NHS’s property company has asked for planning permission to turn a GP practice building into new homes. NHS Property
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Free parking for healthcare volunteers in Rochford and Rayleigh
During the COVID-19 pandemic Rochford District Council ensured that free off-street car parking was available in all its Pay &
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Celebrate your tea-riffic local hospital
The local community is being urged to join the nation’s biggest tea party on the 73rd anniversary of the NHS,
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Freedom of Entry to the borough status awarded to Basildon’s NHS heroes
At a meeting of Extraordinary Council on Thursday May 27, Basildon councillors agreed to bestow Freedom of Entry to the
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Betrayal could come at a very high cost
It stands to reason that at some point Chancellor Rishi Sunak was going to have to start clawing that record
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Takeover of Ilford surgery by US health insurance company condemned as “privatisation by stealth”
An American health insurance giant took over an Ilford GP surgery as part of a huge merger condemned by NHS
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