About ESNEFT

About ESNEFT

At East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) we provide hospital and community health care services for Colchester, Ipswich and local areas. Formed on 1 July 2018, ESNEFT is the largest NHS organisation in the region.

We provide services from Colchester and Ipswich hospitals, Aldeburgh, Clacton, Halstead, Harwich and Felixstowe community hospitals and Bluebird Lodge near Ipswich. We also provide community services in Suffolk and north Essex.

Colchester and Ipswich hospitals have major Emergency Departments (A&E). Other services are listed in our  A to Z of services.

We are East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

We provide healthcare to a population of almost a million people in:

• Patient’s homes
• GP surgeries
• Community and high street clinics
• Community hospitals
• Colchester and Ipswich hospitals

Time Matters

Our philosophy is that time matters. Dealing with health issues can be stressful, both for the patient and for those who care for them. There is the necessary stress of the health need and the emotional effort of caring.

However, too often the complexity of the health and care system adds unnecessary stress.

At the heart of this is time.

Time is important to everyone whether as patients, as family or carers or as staff delivering care.

We will improve services to make every moment count.

There’s no place like home

1 in 5 of our staff work out and about in the community.

Our NHS teams are supporting local people to stay in control of their health at home.

When people need care in hospital, we are committed to getting them home again as soon as possible.

We can join the dots between care at home and hospitals.

Size matters

We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 11,000 staff.

Several of our clinical services are among the largest in England:

• Acute children’s services
• Oncology
• Trauma and Orthopaedics
• General surgery
• Urology
• Ophthalmology

Our values

Our values are: optimistic, appreciative and kind.

What we stand for

Our mission is to continue to meet the principles of the NHS identified in 1948, that good healthcare should be available to all, regardless of ability to pay.

Our vision is to provide the communities we serve with excellent healthcare and build a better future for east Suffolk and north Essex.

Our aims are to see patients at the right time, attract and retain the best staff, and provide the latest services locally.

Our philosophy is that time matters – we will remove or improve the things we do that cause unnecessary stress or frustration for our patients, their families and carers and our staff.