Locally in Castle Point and Rochford nearly 10,000 patients are registered as Type 2 Diabetic. In Southend the figure is just over 8,500 according to the National Diabetes Audit 2017/18. This is why NHS Castle Point and Rochford and NHS Southend Clinical Commissioning Group is supporting Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Week (1 – 7 April 2019).
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is proposing to develop a new centre for eye care, research and training.
NHS Southend and NHS Castle Point and Rochford Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) are supporting a national campaign to raise awareness of the importance of good nutrition and hydration care.
Nutrition and Hydration Week runs from 11-17 March and is a campaign of joint action by Hospital Caterers Association, National Association of Care Catering and NHS England to improve awareness of good nutrition and hydration for patients in health and social care.
