Parish Council Objects to Sunday Market

St Clare Hospice has launched a campaign to fund the expansion of their nursing teams. The ‘Nurses Are Needed’ campaign is part of a vital long-term plan to fund new roles in their Inpatient Unit, Hospice at Home and Community Palliative Care teams to meet the increased need in their local area for specialist nursing care for people with complex life-limiting illnesses. In West Essex, 8 people die every day. 6 of these people would have wanted to die at home, but only 2 of them will. By funding more nursing roles, the specialist palliative care charity aims to change this. St Clare Hospice’s Director of Patient Care, Carolanne Brannan, says: “Nobody wants to die in pain, away from their loved ones, or in unfamiliar surroundings. On average, every person who dies from a long-term illness today has been admitted to hospital three times in the past year, spending almost three weeks in hospital, away from family and loved ones. In a year like 2020 with no visiting, and risks from covid-19, this is unbearable. St Clare currently employs a total of around 60 nurses and nursing assistants, with roles in their Inpatient Unit, Day Therapy service, Hospice at Home and Community Palliative Care teams. Altogether, St Clare nurses work a total of approximately 100,000 hours per year caring for patients both at the Hospice itself and in people’s own homes – providing care 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to patients and their families. Find out more about the Nurses Are Needed campaign on the St Clare Hospice website atstclarehospice.org.uk/nurses-

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Parish council objects to Sunday airfield market

A proposal to expand the North Weald Airfield market to Sundays, in addition to the current Saturday and Bank Holiday Monday opening, has been branded "absolutely appalling" and opposed unanimously by North Weald Bassett Parish Council. Hastingwood councillor Andy Irvine, speaking at Monday's parish council planning committee meeting, highlighted existing issues with traffic on local roads caused by the markets, and the inconvenience the market brings to local residents. He added: "The whole idea to bring more and more and more traffic to Hastingwood, Thornwood and North Weald so Epping Forest District Council can monitize their asset (the airfield) is repugnant." Councillor Terry Blanks told the meeting: "This is appalling. Does that mean there will be Saturday, Sunday and Monday (markets) three days running on some occasions. That's absolutely appalling. We can't cope with the traffic we've got at the moment." Parish council chairman Alan Buckley said: "I'm surprised they are even going for this. By all accounts the Saturday market is very poorly attended (by traders) now. "You used to have four aisles and the thing has shrunk already. Any traders coming down on a Saturday will have to stay over (to attend on the Sunday). "I really can't see the necessity when the size of the Saturday market has diminished."