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Latest news

Stroke awareness: find out more at our FREE event
13th May 2013
Central Essex Community Services are holding a drop-in event in Maldon to raise awareness of stroke and stroke services. Everyone... Read More »
CECS staff award winners announced
24th April 2013
Central Essex Community Services (CECS) has recognised the outstanding individual and team achievements of its staff, and the long... Read More »
How can speech & language therapy help my child?
18th April 2013
Speech and language therapy can transform lives by improving self-esteem and independence - that's the message being taken out into... Read More »
CECS Community Newspaper out now
17th April 2013
The April-June edition of Central Essex Community Services' Community Newspaper is available now. Inside you'll find out how... Read More »
Come & find out about your local community health services
9th April 2013
Local residents are invited to come and find out more about community health services, ask questions and meet members of Central Essex... Read More »
NHS increases number of apprenticeship programmes
7th March 2013
NHS organisations are being encouraged to make use of available support and add to the rapid growth in NHS apprenticeship programmes... Read More »
Have your say about future services for patients of Clements House
25th February 2013
NHS North Essex, the local Primary Care Trust organisation, is asking people for their views on the future of GP services for... Read More »
Public Services join forces to take healthcare forward in Maldon
20th February 2013
Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (MECCG), the successor organisation to the Primary Care Trust with responsibility for designing... Read More »
Free home-testing kits for sexual infection
6th February 2013
Young people are being offered the chance to take a free test at home to see whether they are carrying a common sexually transmitted... Read More »
Customer Recognition Awards - Your chance to vote
29th January 2013
Have you received excellent care from a CECS service or a member of our staff? Has it made a real difference to your life, or the... Read More »
This Thursday - Free health event in South Woodham Ferrers
20th January 2013
People aged 65 and above are being invited to find out more about their health at a free Living Well open day in South Woodham Ferrers... Read More »
Essex charity celebrates £20,000 donation from CECS
17th January 2013
Chelmsford-based charity Families InFocus (Essex) is celebrating today after receiving a cheque for £20,000 to support... Read More »
SEVERE WEATHER WARNING: Keep the whole family healthy
11th January 2013
The continuing cold and snowy weather can increase the health risks to everyone, including vulnerable patients. But you can help... Read More »
Mid Essex health provider backs new hard-hitting stop smoking campaign
3rd January 2013
This New Year Central Essex Community Services (CECS) is supporting the new hard-hitting stop smoking campaign launched by the Department... Read More »
Anglia Ruskin University celebrates £100,000 donation
21st December 2012
Central Essex Community Services donation set to help students in greatest need and provide jobs for the future. Anglia Ruskin University... Read More »
Free nicotine patches & gum... throughout January
10th December 2012
Smokers in mid Essex are being encouraged to quit in the New Year with free Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) throughout January.... Read More »
Find out more about your local community health services
10th December 2012
You are invited to come and find out more about your local community health services, ask questions and meet members of the Central... Read More »
Patients Reunited...
28th November 2012
Patients from across mid Essex have come together for a reunion to celebrate completing a self-care management programme laid on for... Read More »
CECS goes "baby friendly"
20th November 2012
Central Essex Community Services (CECS) is proud to be going ‘baby friendly’ along with Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS... Read More »
New home dental service
15th November 2012
Central Essex Community Services (CECS) is now providing a domiciliary dental service, in mid and north east Essex for housebound... Read More »
Out now! New issue of CECS Community Newspaper
10th November 2012
Want to find out about safe drinking at Christmas? Or learn more about changes to CECS Integrated Care and improvements in the breastfeeding... Read More »
Artwork celebrates lives of children with life-limiting illnesses
31st October 2012
A public artwork celebrating the lives of children and young people with life-limiting illnesses from across Essex is now open to... Read More »
CECS manager raises £1,200 for cancer research

Carecall service manager Claire Aldridge has completed a 5km charity run to raise funds and awareness of breast cancer, and to mark... Read More »
Get your free health check at St Peter's Hospital
17th October 2012
Come along to St Peter’s Hospital in Maldon for your free health check. The CECS Health Improvement Team will be running a... Read More »
CECS helps boost health at Chelmsford school
15th October 2012
Moulsham High School has become the first school in mid Essex to become an Enhanced Healthy School. The Chelmsford school achieved... Read More »
CECS donates £90,000 to local charities
24th September 2012
Central Essex Community Services celebrates being a social enterprise by supporting community projects. Eight separate... Read More »
Quitting... after 90 years as smokers!
23rd September 2012
A retired couple from Mayland have given up cigarettes after starting smoking as teenagers. John and Lesley Bersey, who smoked around... Read More »
Stop smoking for 28 days... take the Stoptober challenge
10th September 2012
Can you stop smoking for just 28 days? Take the Stoptober Challenge and find out. The Department of Health is launching the Stoptober... Read More »
How are we doing? Take part in our online patient survey
31st August 2012
Patients in mid Essex can now go online to give feedback on their local community health services. Click here to take part. Central... Read More »
Location information now available online
13th August 2012
Visiting one of our community hospitals for a CECS service? Find out all you need to know about these CECS venues before your visit... Read More »
Braintree great-gran meets her life-savers
26th July 2012
A Braintree pensioner has been reunited with the two women who saved her life. June Cuthbert, 82, was at her home in The Mulberries... Read More »
New issue of CECS Community Newspaper out now!
18th July 2012
The July-September edition of the CECS Community Newspaper is out now! Click below to view or download an electronic version. CECS_Community_News_July... Read More »
CECS staff walk 4,794 miles!
13th July 2012
Staff at Central Essex Community Services have walked a total of 4,794 miles, as part of the company's Pedometer Challenge - roughly... Read More »
Workers stage Olympic torch relay
28th June 2012
Staff at a charity housing association are running 54 miles around the streets of Essex with their own Olympic torch, to launch a... Read More »
CECS staff step up for a challenge
7th June 2012
CECS staff are flexing their feet this month for a two-week pedometer challenge. Teams from all CECS departments, from clerical to... Read More »
London Marathon runner raises £590 for foot clinics
21st May 2012
A Maldon man has raised £590 for his local podiatry service, as a thank you for the care they give his wife. Graeme Moon ran... Read More »
Hello & Welcome - official CECS website launch
14th May 2012
Want to know how to get referred for physio treatment? Or find out if you can get free nicotine patches to help you stop smoking?... Read More »
New smoke alarms for vulnerable people
4th April 2012
A new partnership agreement will see elderly and vulnerable people better protected from the risk posed by fire. CECS has teamed... Read More »
London Marathon runner raises cash for foot clinics
3rd April 2012
One extra special runner will be pounding the pavements of London in this year’s marathon to say thank you to CECS staff, and... Read More »
Central Essex Community Services celebrates first year as a social enterprise...
30th March 2012
Central Essex Community Services (CIC) is celebrating its first anniversary as an employee-led social enterprise with the launch of... Read More »
National recognition for nurse
7th March 2012
A CECS nurse has joined the board of a prestigious national group in recognition of her expertise. Lorraine Grothier, a nurse who... Read More »
Hundreds take advantage of winter health checks.
5th March 2012
Hundreds of people have taken advantage of a winter health check, as part of a series of health fairs laid on by Central Essex Community... Read More »
World Lupus Day

On May 10 Lupus groups around the world will be raising awareness of Lupus, the illness of the immune system which affects more than... Read More »