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March 2013

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his month I would like to draw everyone’s attention to the e-petition set up through Echo Newspapers campaigning for blood testing to be kept in south Essex. At the moment you can get the blood tests back within an hour using the in house system at Southend and Basildon hospitals, under the proposed new scheme it could take days, wasting valuable time.

Please visit the Echo newspapers website and sign the e-petition to keep this service local. To find out more regarding this issue, please read Ron’s article on p9.

This month sees Southend United launching the start of Oracle’s sports page. Over the next few months we hope to bring you up-to-date news on how things are going for the team and the latest progress on the planned new stadium.

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ORACLE Three generations of traditional Jewellery Craftsmen For over sixty years the Andrews family have retained their reputation as a trusted local jewellery business, who always offer excellent value for money.

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Jewellery, gifts & watches and a quality repair service Substantial ranges of rings, brooches, chains, pendants, earrings, beads, pearls and watches are held in stock. As are individual gemstones - diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires and a host of semi-precious jewels.

Andrews offer a fast and efficient jewellery repair and remodelling service.

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The majority of work is produced in-house by experienced craftsmen at a realistic price.

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Cameo’s good name and reputation has become synonymous with its consistent and friendly welcome, along with season after season of beautiful ranges of ladies-wear which have been carefully selected to accommodate every occasion; stylish casual wear, gorgeous outfits for the lady who may like to take a cruise, stunning evening wear and a wide range of fabulous Mother of bride attire, including the all important accessories from exquisite hats, fashion jewellery, gorgeous shoes and even those all important undergarments to complete the look.

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ameo boutique has gone from strength to strength since it was bought by Trudy Dove during 2009. Trudy made the move from one of the UK’s leading clothing retailers to utilise her wealth of knowledge and experience of retail & buying coupled with her passion for fashion to embrace her dream of owning a ladies-wear boutique in her local area.

Spring collections are in store now & we very much look forward to welcoming you at the boutique.

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Unique Boutique Cameo Boutique is situated in the main shopping area of Hadleigh. It is a charming independent boutique offering clothes and accessories that can’t be found on the high street. All the ranges are handpicked and chosen for their compatibility with each other, allowing many of the collections to be mixed and matched to create a unique offering.

For the Spring 2013 collections, Trudy researched & travelled the country to find the very best pieces from the labels she stocks and is proud to features collections from John Charles, Gina Bacconi, Michaela Louisa, Aria, In Town, Emreco & Chianti.

This season you will see a wealth of colour sitting alongside soft pastels & lace continues to be a key trend.

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was pleased to be asked by Emma to write this month’s local article as there is a very important issue that could affect all Southend-on-Sea residents. This concerns our local health trust and their proposed transfer of 50% of Southend Hospital’s pathology services to a private company in Bedford.

The case for change was put forward, consolidation of laboratories, the financial benefits, accessibility of services, improvements in patient care, demand management and so on. All the perceived positives were rolled out whilst there was no attempt to even acknowledge the obvious negatives.

For example, the integrity of our blood due to any time delay, coupled with the uncertainty of testing systems (cheap and quick) within the private sector. The whole proposal is fraught with risks; just recently there was an accident on the A127 and the whole area was in gridlock for hours. Simply put, with such a What I witnessed was a presentation by poor road infrastructure as we have, we simply senior health officials that was biased. They cannot afford to have services like these appeared to have already made a decision moved away from our immediate area. which was based upon a proposed financial ideology rather than sound medical reasons. Privatization of major medical laboratories from the NHS has led to a dramatic decline in service quality, according to “Transforming Pathology, the Serco way,” a recent report from a UK based research group. The pathology laboratory at Bedford is to be managed by GSTS which is a consortium set up by King’s College and St. Thomas Hospital and SERCO which is a multi-national company which has 750 contracts in 37 countries to run prisons, immigrant detention centres, military operations, nuclear weapons facilities, schools and transit systems.

I intended to keep an open mind when attending a council scrutiny committee meeting that included a presentation on transforming pathology services for Southend-on-Sea and the East of England.

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In 2009/10 GSTS took over pathology services for two major London Hospitals King’s and St. Thomas’. According to Corporate Watch researchers, instead of saving money and improving services, the GSTS joint venture lost money and suffered 400 clinical “incidents” at St.Thomas’ laboratories during 2011, including misplacing and mislabelling blood and tissue samples.The service also exceeded the agreed monthly turnaround times for tests 46 times in 2011, with 14 critical risk levels breached.

The proposed case for change is a reduction of between 10-20% in the £205 million annual cost across the East of England.This proposal is staggeringly vague. Is the intention purely to save 10% or 20% or to put it bluntly £20.5 or £41 million? Health officials said it was not possible to provide the unit cost of a blood sample from Southend Hospital compared to the same test, including transportation costs at the proposed Bedford consortium,. But if it was not possible to provide a figure how could they make any meaningful recommendation for change. This proposal might be financially motivated but it is based on a completely illusory set of arguments.

Southend-on-Sea Hospital is fully accredited and has a completely automated blood testing system and an integrated IT system called ICE attached. It has superb technology which is extremely cost and time efficient. It has to be questioned how the proposed private bidder at Bedford, which has no capacity at present and is not accredited for blood services could provide a better, safer and cheaper service than our local hospital.

To make matters worse if 50% of the hospital’s blood tests were sent to Bedford the system would become less efficient and even more costly, which would then put the service at greater risk in the future.

Large, strategic proposals such as this need a very broad consultation process. With a population in the East of England of 5.8 million and with only 250 responses this cannot be called a significant consultation process. I calculate that the decision being made about Southend Hospital’s pathology department is based upon a consultation process that represents 0.0004% of the population in the East of England. Is that sen- Finally, who should we trust? Over 200 doctors, consultants and physicians in Southend have sible? stated that this proposed move is inappropriate. It is normally difficult to get two doctors to agree on something. Getting over 200 of them to agree ought to indicate to the NHS bureaucrats that their proposal is wrong.

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hen Baz Luhrmann’s reboot of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic story The Great Gatsby hits the cinema this summer, its influence on high street style is almost inevitable.

Everyone knows that fashion loves nothing more than a retro look - and for older, yet still fashionforward, readers, Gatsby could be a style Godsend.

However, the trilby too is enjoying a return to popularity amongst the smart set – mostly thanks to the advent of TV shows like Downton Abbey.Traditionally,the trilby hat was made from rabbit hair felt,but is now available in a variety of other materials, including tweed, cotton and straw.

Baseball caps,like hoodies,on men of a certain age can look disastrous.Whereas,a soft white baker boy - as sported by Robert Redford in the 1974 movie adds a certain rakish charm. Especially if worn at a jaunty angle.

What’s more,designers and manufacturers have been quick to recognize its appeal to women and consequently, the humble trilby is now a cute fashion statement for stars like Kim Kardashian, Kates Winslet and Moss, plus Nicole Kidman.

The news boy cap,similar to the baker,is perfect for casual wear. It’s simple, unfussy design means that you can team it with a t-shirt and jeans or something dressier.

You can buy a funky take on a classic hat in most High Street stores, but to really get ahead with the right hat,it is worth visiting a specialist hatter - such as the Classic Cap Company in Westcliff.

In fact, flat caps are very much en vogue just now and thanks to their classic shape and range of materials, can top off almost any outfit. From a sports jacket and jeans to a suit, the flat cap has been adopted by celebrities such as Jeremy ‘Mr Selfridge’ Piven, David Beckham and George Clooney.

Wearing headwear is part of our culture but there is a huge difference between the ubiquitous baseball cap and a statementmaking topper. For me a classic design that links with tradition has real style – and nothing beats (t)hat!

Of course, the traditional flat cap is still a staple of virtually every country gent,whereas a trilby,or the slightly wider brimmed fedora, had become a staple of natty racegoers and more‘flamboyant’city dwellers.

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arents often ask me about the balance of the curriculum.” writes Andrew Hampton, Headteacher of Thorpe Hall School exclusively for the Oracle.

“It is one of the most important parts of the vision for the school that a Headteacher has.

As a society we seem to have become over-concerned with certain ways of measuring schools and pupil performance; this has led many schools to distort their curriculum in order to fall in line with government expectations.

At Thorpe Hall we believe in breadth and constantly invest in all parts of our school in order to give every child the opportunities they deserve. This means that alongside rigorous classroom teaching pupils have the chance to play lots of sport, sing in the choir, play in the bands, perform in the shows, take part in Lego Robotics Competitions, go on the ski trip, learn to play croquet and acquire skills in archery.

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STOP PRESS: Blues reach Wembley!

The Oracle would like to congratulate Southend United for reaching the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy final against Crewe at Wembley on Sunday 7th April.

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outhend United Football Club will be to Northampton Town. The visitors took the lead hoping for a positive March as they early on before Bilel Mohsni, on his return to Roots Hall, was shown a red card for Blues. Loan look to push for promotion to League 1. signing Matthew Lund equalised, but Of Blues’ three home games in February, they Northampton nicked a late winner to condemn won one and lost two, so will be hoping for Blues to a second straight home defeat. better at Roots Hall up against Rotherham (March 2nd), AFC Wimbledon (March 12th), Paul Sturrock has issued a rallying cry in the Torquay (March 16th) and Plymouth (March hope of turning their home form around for the rest of the campaign. He said: “We’ve struggled 19th). a little bit at home throughout the season but if There are also tough away matches against we can turn that around now it will be vital. table-topping Port Vale (March 9th), Rochdale “We’ve got some big games coming up this (March 23rd) and Bradford City (March 29th). month and if we can win our home games and With a number of players having suffered from pick up some points away from home, we will injury, Blues’ manager Paul Sturrock will be be right back in contention for the final month hoping that they return in time for the of the season. remaining weeks of the season.

“Hopefully our injured players will be back fit Michael Timlin will unfortunately be missing for because we’ve got four big home matches, the remainder of the season after breaking his seven League games in total, so it’s going to be leg against Leyton Orient on February 5th in the a busy month.”

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This hygienic, plastic device that is worn in the mouth for just two hours, once every three days and really can help to tone up facial muscles, reduce wrinkles and eye bags and restore a much more youthful look to the wearer.

what I discovered. I think the Oralift is perfect for adults who have seen the effects of their advancing years and are less than thrilled by what they see in the mirror but would never contemplate having surgery or Botox injections. For them, wearing this simple brace offers a genuinely, pain-free alternative, that also works! That’s why I have decided to become the first person in South Essex to offer the Oralift treatment and it is now available at my two practices - Smiles on Broadway in Thorpe Bay and King’s Clinic in Leigh-on-Sea.

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Whether you’re talking or laughing whilst wearing the Oralift, you are creating positive therapy and fascinatingly, patients using Oralift have told me that while using the brace their symptoms of back, neck and shoulder pain, neuralgia and teeth grinding have been greatly alleviated.

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