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Healthwatch Southend prepared a report looking at the experiences of unpaid carers’ when accessing services in primary care. Summary...

What if we felt we were more prepared to face serious illness? How do you rate your knowledge to make informed choices about end-of-life...

A maternal mental health service provided by Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) has expanded to support more people...

The NHS is setting out how it will increase national uptake of lifesaving vaccinations, ensuring millions more people receive protection...

Some drugs for ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) are in short supply across the country. The supply disruption of these...

Please use the filters in the article to find out which defibrillators are active and accessible by the public .

Most adults in England have to pay for their prescriptions. Some items are always free, such as contraceptives; however, most incur a...

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We would like to share the Mid and South East Essex Integrated Care System's news release about the importance of blood pressure...

We transferred our service on the 29th of August 2023 to new offices based in Elmsleigh Drive, Leigh-on-Sea. (We are on the first floor...

You may have heard in the news recently about a report from Healthwatch England, talking about people’s experience of getting a cancer...

Healthwatch Southend took part in Southend Pride for the first time this month! We were so pleased to be able to talk to local people,...

In a long-awaited move, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced that HRT costs will be capped at around £20 a year...

Would you like to meet with others who understand what day to day life is like living with COPD in Southend? Would you like to help shape...

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has today (13 February 2023) released the results of a survey showing that pharmacists say the...

We are recruiting volunteers to join Healthwatch Southend’s Advisory Group to make sure the voice of local people is heard. Health and...

Southend City Councillors meet in public to look at how services for local residents are provided and how they could be improved - these...

The Health & Wellbeing Board is the place where the Council, the NHS, the voluntary and community sector and other partners come together...

Click the link below to find more information about meetings of the Integrated Care Board. Meetings are held in public, so that you can...