Health

According to a report, 2,099 EHCPs were issued by HCC in 2024 – 51% more than the 1,390 in 2021 – and 54% were issued within “expected timescales”.

Ex-aircraft engineer Doug Cambourne, an aviation fan, was unable to walk after a stroke but longed to return to the Imperial War Museum.

DAISY Award winner Carina Pimenta is a tissue viability specialist from Harlow.

Dr Nikesh Raithatha, who works at South Street surgery The Dentist, was met with queues of people in need of dental treatment.

Requests for help from Hertfordshire’s adult care services have risen 18%, county council’s adult care, health and wellbeing committee was told.

From Saturday, shoppers who ask a member of staff for a “package for Milly” will be given a free, discreet envelope containing essential products.

Cards For Bravery founder Katie Callaghan is looking for sponsors for the gala night on June 7 to mark the scheme’s 10th anniversary.

Charity chief executive Helen Glenister said: “We trust the Government will look to find a longer-term sustainable funding solution for hospice care.”

Trading standards officers tested large consignment of earrings and found one design contained more than 7,000 times the maximum cadmium content.

St Clare’s first ever Carers Connections Day takes place at its Hastingwood HQ, near Harlow, on Tuesday March 18, from 10am to 4pm.

The simple checks are on offer to residents over 40 who have not been tested in the past six months.

The machine will enable staff to deliver a fast, painless and non-invasive examination of a patient’s liver.

Hertford and Stortford MP Josh Dean says the Labour Government is getting its teeth into the country’s emergency dental care crisis.

Problems with facilities at the 1960s-built hospital in Harlow “won’t wait nine or 10 years to be fixed”.

£14m facility at St Margaret’s Hospital, Epping, will be supported with supplemetary services at Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford.

Hattie Llewelyn-Davies leaves at the end of March to take charge of the Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.

Isabel and St Clare joining forces to highlight vital role they play in communities and to challenge public perceptions of palliative care.

Josh Dean said: “I met with the head of The Bishop’s Stortford High School to discuss this proposal. I share his concerns.”

Paramedics learn rapid response driving in the eight Skoda Karoqs so they can get to car crashes and other emergencies fast.

Josh Dean, Cllr David Jacobs (Bishop’s Stortford) and Jack Risbridger (Hertford) urge residents to sign petition calling for targeted Govt support.