Publications

Patient choice policy

The Patient choice policy explains how the NHS in Essex supports people to choose where and how they receive care, helping them make informed decisions about their treatment.

Management of serious incidents policy

The Management of serious incidents policy explains how the NHS in Essex responds when something goes wrong in care, including how incidents are reviewed, lessons are learned, and services are improved to keep people safe.

Safeguarding supervision policy

The Safeguarding supervision policy explains how the NHS in Essex supports staff to reflect on their safeguarding work, make informed decisions and improve care to help protect children, young people and adults from harm.

Prevent policy

The Prevent policy explains how the NHS in Essex supports safeguarding by protecting people from harmful or extremist influences and helping keep individuals and communities safe.

Cross-system learning response policy for patient safety incidents

The Cross-system learning response policy for patient safety incidents explains how the NHS in Essex works with different health and care services to review serious incidents and use shared learning to make care safer.

Community communicable disease outbreak and incident management policy

The Community communicable disease outbreak and incident management policy explains how the NHS in Essex responds to outbreaks of infectious diseases and works to manage them quickly, safely and in a coordinated way.

All age continuing care policy

The All age continuing care policy explains how the NHS in Essex decides if someone can receive long-term funded care based on their health needs, who is eligible for ongoing NHS-funded support, and what care may be provided.

Social media policy

Policy No: C018

Media policy

Policy No: C019

Consent to media – helping the NHS by sharing my story

Find out how sharing your story can help the NHS improve services, raise awareness, and support other people through real experiences.

Get the care you need quicker

Learn about the different NHS services available and how choosing the right service can help you get care and advice more quickly.

Physical Health Checks for people with severe mental illness

Find out why regular physical health checks are important and what support is available for people living with severe mental illness. This could be things like schizophrenia, bipolar, psychosis or severe depression.

Are you protected?

Learn about vaccinations that help protect against serious illnesses like pneumonia, meningitis, and sepsis, and who should have them.

Standards of business conduct policy

Policy No: C002

Defining the boundaries between NHS and private healthcare policy

Policy No: M002

Essex ICB Board Meeting Pack 23 April 2026

Risk management policy and strategy

Policy No: C003

Incident reporting policy

Policy No: C005

Counter fraud bribery and corruption policy

Policy No: C006

Health and safety policy (including fire safety, first aid and manual handling)

Policy No: C009