Health
Health Profiles
Health Profiles provide a snapshot of the
current health status of an area. They
include tailored commentary, maps and charts as well as
providing up-to-date information on important health issues
such as childhood obesity, skin cancer (malignant melanoma), deaths
from smoking, hospital stays due to alcohol misuse, and early
deaths from cancer and heart disease. Health Profile information
for the Rochford District is available to view by clicking on
the links in the Related Links section towards the bottom of
this page.
Local Hospitals
A single NHS Trust covers both Rochford and Southend General
Hospitals and all acute services are located in Southend. The major
purchaser of the Trust's services will be the Southend Health
Authority. This centralisation freed part of the northern section
of the Rochford Hospital site for residential development, which is
now complete. Permission has been granted by the local planning
authority for the comprehensive redevelopment of Rochford Hospital,
within Rochford town centre. This will enable the long-term
continuance of services to be provided.
Emergency Services
There is currently no base for the ambulance service within the
district. However, there are bases for ambulances at Rayleigh Weir
(on the district boundary) and at Southend General Hospital. The
Ambulance Service foresees no requirements for new sites.