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Jan 17, 2025 | 
midandsouthessex.ics.nhs.uk | James Sharp
Residents are taking strides toward safer, more independent lives this winter thanks to NHS-approved slipper swap projects. The slipper swap projects provide a practical solution for a serious issue: falls resulted in around 10,000 emergency hospital admissions in mid and south Essex last year, averaging over 700 admissions monthly for older residents. One in three adults over 65 and half of those over 80 experience at least one fall annually.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
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On 9 January 2025, the widely anticipated Statutory Instrument exempting cryptoasset staking from the meaning of “collective investment schemes” as defined under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA 2000) was laid before Parliament, and will come into force on 31 January 2025.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
midandsouthessex.ics.nhs.uk | James Sharp
The NHS has been there for us for over 76 years, but to make sure it’s here for the next 76 years, doing all it can to support the health of everyone, we need your help!The Government has launched ‘Change NHS’ a 10 year plan, which is part of the government’s health mission to build a health service fit for future. We want to hear your views, experiences and ideas to help to shape the 10 year plan for England.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
midandsouthessex.ics.nhs.uk | James Sharp
A new campaign launching today from NHS Mid and South Essex is raising awareness of different ways residents can access care and support, helping them get quicker, easier access to the local healthcare information and services they need. With an average of 557,000 appointments taking place in local GP practices every month, healthcare teams are providing more appointments year on year.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
midandsouthessex.ics.nhs.uk | James Sharp
NHS Mid and South Essex has joined forces with a Southend homeless healthcare organisation to vaccinate rough sleepers and sofa surfers against flu and COVID-19. Local GP, Dr Haroon Siddique, started Southend Integrated Homeless Healthcare (SIHH) in 2020 with Prescribing Paramedic Victoria Chana, as a way to vaccinate the homeless against flu and COVID-19.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
midandsouthessex.ics.nhs.uk | James Sharp
I’m John Swanson, Consultant nurse, for infection prevention and control at NHS Mid and South Essex. As we mark Antibiotic Resistance Week, I want to share some crucial information about antibiotics and how we can better protect our children from the growing threat of antibiotic resistance. Antibiotics are vital for treating bacterial infections, but they don’t work for every illness.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
midandsouthessex.ics.nhs.uk | Deepak Kumar |James Sharp
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
midandsouthessex.ics.nhs.uk | James Sharp
NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board will hold its next board meeting on Thursday 14 November 2024. This will take place from 2pm to 3.30pm, first floor, Basildon Sporting Village, Gloucester Park, Cranes Farm Road, Basildon, Essex, SS14 2GR. NHS Mid and South Essex’s board meeting is held as a meeting in public, and members of the public are welcome to attend and listen.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
midandsouthessex.ics.nhs.uk | James Sharp
Specialist teams in local hospitals have successfully reduced the percentage of women and birthing people smoking at the time of delivery from 7.5% to 5.8%. Since it launched in February 2024, a smokefree pregnancy service has provided free support including telephone and face to face counselling, behaviour change advice, and nicotine replacement therapy to help combat smoking during pregnancy.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
midandsouthessex.ics.nhs.uk | James Sharp
A giant pair of lungs are coming to Basildon to raise awareness of lung health and the importance of lung health checks for detecting serious illnesses. The inflatable lungs will be at Eastgate Shopping Centre on 22 October from 10am- 4pm. Visitors can get up close to explore the giant lungs and learn more about how they work. They can also find out more about how our lungs are affected by various diseases such as lung cancer and COPD.
