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  • Citizen of Southend Awards

    Would you like to nominate someone for the Southend-on-Sea Citizen of the City Award?

    Published: Monday, 19th May 2025

  • Logo for Mental Health Awareness Week

    Mental Health Awareness Week 2025

    This year Mental Health Awareness Week 2025 takes place from Monday 12 to Sunday 18 May.

    Published: Thursday, 8th May 2025

  • A colorful NHS poster with a comic-style design. A speech bubble says COUGH? and a child dressed as a superhero points upward with the caption I’VE GOT A SUPER BODY.

    Supporting your children’s ‘super bodies’ this spring

    With summer around the corner, the NHS in Essex is sharing guidance for parents and carers on common illnesses that often start circulating at this time of year.

    Published: Wednesday, 7th May 2025

  • A row of parked school buses

    New home to school travel assistance policy published

    The new Home to School Travel Assistance Policy has now been published.

    Published: Friday, 2nd May 2025

  • Toilet paper spells out life saving poo in a joined up handwriting style. The NHS logo is in the top right hand corner.

    Bowel Cancer Awareness Month

    April is bowel cancer awareness month.

    Published: Thursday, 10th April 2025

  • Southend Youth Council logo

    Southend Youth Council shortlisted for The MJ Awards 2025

    Southend-on-Sea City Council congratulates Southend Youth Council on their outstanding achievement in being shortlisted for the Community Engagement category of The MJ Achievement Awards 2025.

    Published: Wednesday, 9th April 2025

  • A father smiles into the camera whilst holding his baby

    Beyond A Better Start Southend: what next for babies, children and families?

    For ten years, A Better Start Southend (ABSS) has been at the heart of early years support for families in Southend.

    Published: Tuesday, 11th March 2025

  • A child stands in front of a blackboard. She is wearing a pink jumper and covering her eyes with her hands.

    Anxiety and worries about going to school guide

    A booklet has been developed to help parent carers understand the support available for children and young people that may be at risk of Emotional Based School Avoidance (EBSA) within Southend.

    Published: Friday, 7th March 2025

  • Lady in a headscarf getting her blood pressure checked by a medical professional.

    Beware: invincible feeling, invisible danger; free blood pressure checks available at local pharmacies - know your numbers

    High blood pressure affects millions of people in the UK, with an estimated 88,000 people in mid and south Essex living with the condition undiagnosed.

    Published: Thursday, 27th February 2025

  • A woman wearing a white long-sleeve top and blue pajama pants with white stars is sitting on a bed, holding her stomach in pain. Her arms are crossed over her abdomen, and her curly brown hair falls over her shoulder.

    Rise in norovirus cases in local hospitals prompts NHS to urge people to treat the winter vomiting bug at home.

    The NHS in mid and south Essex is urging local people not to attend A&E or other healthcare settings if they have recently had the winter vomiting and diarrhoea bug norovirus.

    Published: Thursday, 13th February 2025

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