Southend Council refers £118m plan for Southend, Basildon and Broomfield hospitals to health secretary
Full story in the Braintree and Witham Times, 10 October 2018 Plans to reshape healthcare in south Essex are in … Read more
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Major reconfiguration could be referred to Hancock
Full story in the HSJ, 18 September 2018 A major reconfiguration of services faces referral to the health and social … Read more
Practice taken over by Virgin goes from outstanding to inadequate in 18 months
Full story in GP Online, 16 May 2018 The Sutherland Lodge practice in Chelmsford, Essex, was taken over by the … Read more
You need a PhD to understand health consultation says leading health specialist
ONE of the UK’s leading stroke consultants has described a consultation into Essex health changes as so complicated PhD graduates … Read more
Stroke reconfiguration plans cause concerns.
Full Story at HSJ 29 March 2018 Senior clinicians and local campaigners have raised safety concerns over plans for a … Read more
‘No more excuses over management of Braintree Hospital’
Trustees of Braintree Community Hospital will not accept any more excuses from the management over its running of the facility. … Read more
Firm with safeguarding issues launches new ‘CareBnB’ trial.
Full Story at HSJ 1 March 2018 The company developing a controversial “Airbnb for social care” model allowing homeowners to … Read more
Suffolk and Essex among lowest funded as government defends public health grants
Full Story in East Anglian Daily Times 29 January 2018 The Government has defended its decision to reduce public health … Read more
Broomfield Hospital visited by Jeremy Hunt amid protests over hospital merger plans
Full story in Essex Live 19 January 2018 Health secretary Jeremy Hunt was heckled when he visited Broomfield Hospital amid … Read more
‘Angry’ patients forced to wait for treatment due to backlog at Broomfield Hospital
Full story in Essex Live 2 January 2018 Around 12 to 13 ambulances from the East of England Ambulance Service … Read more