The Mid and South Essex Integrated Health Board have been in touch to remind us all to prepare for the Easter bank holiday weekend (April 7 – 10) immediately followed by a four day junior doctors’ strike (April 11 – 15), which will affect local services.
Just over half (51%) of those living in Brentwood and Ongar constituents are women, which means there are several thousand constituents who are experiencing symptoms of, or have gone through, the menopause.
COVID-19 infections are reducing, but local doctors, nurses and clinicians are warning it is still alive and kicking, with the most vulnerable people remain at risk.
Anyone experiencing a mental health emergency is to benefit from more tailored emergency care and support in the community through specialised mental health ambulances, more crisis services, and improved health-based places of safety.
The Conservative Government is supporting every household with the cost of energy by extending the Energy Price Guarantee until April 2024, while uprating benefits and pensions in line with inflation, and providing £12 billion extra support for the most vulnerable.
The NHS and partners across Essex are calling on everyone to help ‘Do Your Bit’ this winter as hospitals, GPs, paramedics and care services prepare for a rise in demand for local services.
Mid and South Essex ICS has been in touch with the following information: