Health professionals from NHS England are urging pregnant women in Bristol, North Somerset, Somerset and South Gloucestershire to get vaccinated against whooping cough. This will protect their new baby from birth, by passing on immunity from mother to child. Young babies are particularly at risk and can’t be vaccinated themselves until two months of age. […]

Health professionals from NHS England are urging pregnant women in Thames Valley to get vaccinated against whooping cough. This will protect their new baby from birth, by passing on immunity from mother to child. Three infant deaths from whooping cough have been confirmed in England this year where the babies’ mothers hadn’t been vaccinated. In […]

Health professionals from NHS England are urging pregnant women in Wessex to get vaccinated against whooping cough. This will protect their new baby from birth, by passing on immunity from mother to child. Young babies are particularly at risk and can’t be vaccinated themselves until two months of age. On average, around six out of […]

Health professionals from NHS England are urging pregnant women in Surrey and Sussex to get vaccinated against whooping cough. This will protect their new baby from birth, by passing on immunity from mother to child. Young babies are particularly at risk and can’t be vaccinated themselves until two months of age. On average, around six […]

Health professionals from NHS England are urging pregnant women in Kent and Medway to get vaccinated against whooping cough. This will protect their new baby from birth, by passing on immunity from mother to child. Young babies are particularly at risk and can’t be vaccinated themselves until two months of age. On average, about six […]

Men aged 65 years and older are being urged by NHS healthcare professionals to be screened for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA). Screening can detect the presence of potentially life-threatening aneurysms in the abdominal aorta, the largest blood vessel in the body. An aneurysm is a bulge in the aorta caused by a weakness in the […]

The Clinical Senate for the South East Coast (Kent, Surrey and Sussex) region held its first Summit, 12 May 2014, on the theme of Advance Care Planning. Advance Care Planning (ACP) is the voluntary process of discussion to help a person decide on their future care should they become seriously ill or disabled. These wishes […]

Ruby Wax will be one of the 250 people coming together from across Kent, Surrey and Sussex as part of a ‘Call to Action’ on the importance of mental health and wellbeing across the region. The ‘Valuing Mental Health’ conference will bring together patients, the public, healthcare professionals, voluntary organisations and other partners to rethink […]

How can we change our perspective on mental health in Kent, Surrey and Sussex? On 6th May the South East Coast Strategic Clinical Network (SCN) for Mental Health, Dementia and Neurological Conditions along with NHS England will hold a conference called Valuing mental health: A change of perspective in Kent, Surrey and Sussex. I was […]

A vaccination campaign gets under way across schools in Medway this term to encourage teenagers to get the Meningitis C vaccine booster and so strengthen their defences against this dangerous infection that can cause meningitis. The Meningitis C vaccine is now routinely given to babies at three months to provide sufficient protection until a booster […]