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Government home care costs wrong, says Essex county boss
1:13pm Thursday 11th February 2010
AN Essex County Council boss is leading criticism of a Government plan to offer free support to help residents live at home.
Swine flu service will close on Thursday
8:00pm Tuesday 9th February 2010
A DROP in the number of people diagnosed with swine flu has prompted the Government to close the National Pandemic Flu Service.
My ‘brain tumours’ were abnormal blood vessels
4:00pm Monday 11th January 2010
A WOMAN has told of her relief after doctors wrongly diagnosed her with terminal brain cancer.
Hospices will get cash for each patient
10:00am Friday 25th December 2009
PATIENTS and carers have welcomed David Cameron’s plan to pay hospices for every patient they look after as part of moves to guarantee their long-term future.
For autisitic children this time of year can be torture
4:00pm Thursday 24th December 2009
FOR the vast majority of children, Christmas is the time of year they most look forward to.
Basildon Hospital A&E given clean bill of health
10:20am Monday 21st December 2009
BASILDON Hospital’s shamed A&E department has been given a clean bill of health by inspectors.
South Essex kids can now get swine flu jab
6:00am Monday 21st December 2009
Swine flu jabs for the under fives in south Essex are to finally be rolled out across south Essex after a deal was reached with local GPs.
Save our kids from swine flu
3:00pm Thursday 10th December 2009
FURIOUS parents say they are not getting information they need about when their child will get the potentially life-saving swine flu jab.
Courage of 'bladerunner' girl Ellie May Challis
7:30am Tuesday 1st December 2009
LIFE for Ellie May Challis is the same as any other girl her age.
Swine flu cases drop
11:50pm Thursday 12th November 2009
THE number of people contracting swine flu has dropped - possibly due to the half-term school break, latest figures have shown.
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