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PROTESTERS are set to march through Southend city centre campaigning for “life-saving” dementia care services to be protected. The protest is being organised by passionate campaigners in the city who ...

A spokeswoman on behalf of Southend Hospital said it "continues to work closely with partners" A care home manager said it was "criminal" that more hospital patients were not being discharged into ...

PLANS to transform a run-down former care home into 18 apartments have been approved despite fears over antisocial behaviour. Southend’s development control committee gave the go ahead for Melrose ...

An ex-footballer with dementia who died after falling from a height was "stripped of his dignity" while in NHS care, his ...

A COUNCIL has become the first in the UK to draft in a robot to help care for dementia sufferers. The £15,200 child-sized machine, called ‘Pepper,’ will free up time for human carers by running a ...

Fewer new HIV diagnoses were recorded in Southend last year, new figures show – as cases fell across England. It comes as the ...

The child-sized machine, called 'Pepper' has been recruited by the Essex authority to free up time for human carers - and could one day be used to care for disabled youngsters A COUNCIL has become the ...