Listen to our Community News Bulletins for September 2019; This months local stories included: Former Romford Trader Thomas Skinner to star in the 15th Season of TV show The Apprentice. Ilford Shooting Leaves two males in critical condition Romford Man jailed for £3.5 Million scam selling illicit fuel £50,000 of goods sized by Barking & …
Last Thursday (12th September) saw more than 100 people attend the first ever Learning Disability Mortality Review (LeDeR) conference in north east London (NEL). The LeDeR programme, delivered by the NHS, is designed to help health and social care services learn from reviewing the deaths of people with learning disabilities. The focus is to reduce …
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It’s a delightful sight – babies and toddlers talking, laughing, singing, accepting cuddles and even playing with the older residents of Howard Lodge in Brentwood. This is the latest in a series of special sessions organised by the home and the Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Service (ECFWS). Children and their parents who use the …
During Organ Donation Week, September 2 to 8, NHS Blood and Transplant are urging people to talk to their families about organ donation to increase the number of people whose lives can be saved or transformed by an organ transplant. Last year, 156 people in Essex had their lives saved by a transplant. If more …
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This bank holiday Monday (26 Aug) Bedrock Radio plays nothing but 80s music. From 8am until 8pm we go ‘BACK TO THE 80s’ across the Bedrock Radio Network. Starting at 8am until 11am is Barry Felton waking us up with the biggest soul, dance & rock songs of the decade. We then hand over to Mat …
Trustees of Bedrock Radio have formally withdrawn our membership of the Hospital Broadcasting Association (HBA). Bedrock Radio consulted volunteers annually when our membership of the HBA was due for renewal, with Trustees of Bedrock Radio citing HBA messages of improvements & changes, along with the benefits of being a member. In 2017 Bedrock Radio volunteers …
Plans for a new health centre at the former St George’s Hospital site in Hornchurch are to benefit from £17million of funding as part of a nationwide boost for the NHS. The development in Suttons Lane is one of a number of projects to benefit from the £1.8billion national cash injection announced today by Prime …
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GPs in Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge have praised the strength of the partnership between local health and social care organisations after it was confirmed that financial directions imposed on the boroughs’ NHS commissioners had been lifted. Financial special measures were imposed on NHS Barking and Dagenham, NHS Havering and NHS Redbridge clinical commissioning …
With organ donation law changing in spring 2020, families are urged to make and share their organ donation decision. More people than ever before across the UK donated their organs after their deaths last year, according to the Organ Donation and Transplantation Activity Report 2018/19, being published today(16/07/19). In Essex, 25 people gave the gift …
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GPs in Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge are encouraging people to book their free cervical screening appointment – with a message that catching cancer early could save your life. The call comes at the start of this year’s Cervical Screening Awareness Week (10-16 June), which highlights the importance of attending screenings, also known as …
Local GPs Back National Cervical Screening Campaign. Read More »