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GPs are trialling a scheme which will mean they will no longer write prescriptions for medicines which require regular blood tests.

GPs are trialling a scheme which will mean they will no longer write prescriptions for medicines which require regular blood tests. Southend Hospital is now dealing with prescribing for a range of medications including warfarin and other blood thinners which require regular tests to ascertain the correct dosage. Those with ulcerative colitis or rheumatoid arthritis or patients on steroids living in the Castle Point and Rochford Clinical Commissioning Group areas are now dealt with by Southend Hospital. READ MORE: Patient Roger Gardiner, of Ashingdon Road, Rochford, said: “Apparently t...

PROTESTERS wearing animal masks are taking a stand against plans to build hundreds of homes on green belt land. Extinction Rebellion is staging two protests today in an effort to block plans for homes on undeveloped land across Thundersley and Rochford. More than 50 campaigners are set to wear animal masks and arrive dressed in black outside the Castle Point Council offices im Thundersley and Holt Farm Junior School Road in Rochford. Plans for 637 homes to be built off Ashingdon Road, Rochford, are being considered while Daws Heath, Thundersley, is included as a site in Castle Point�...

There are various major housing plans being built across and our towns are set to grow with some parts becoming unrecognisable - here we look at the major projects planned for the town in the coming years. It comes as up to 4,000 extra new homes could be built across south Essex after the Government intervened to kickstart housebuilding programmes to meet demand. Ministers will make it harder for councillors to reject plans and will order councils to make a “presumption in favour” of sustainable development Queensway The £575million regeneration of Queensway will see 1,760 homes ...

A popular summer hotspot in Leigh became the scene of a murder investigation on Friday evening after an 18-year-old man was fatally stabbed in the…