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Dame Clare Marx picked up the first spade-full of earth and dug in on Wednesday 11 May 2022 as work began on the multimillion-pound centre for planned orthopaedic care which will open in 2024. Dame Clare said, “It’s an enormous pleasure to be here at the start of this exciting project. This new centre… Read more »
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) are preparing two planning applications for a proposed Elective Orthopaedic Centre and Northern Approach Road access at Colchester Hospital, Turner Road, Colchester. The public is invited to comment on the development proposals in a consultation between 1 March and 12 March 2021. The detailed elements of… Read more »
Update 14 October 2020 Problems with an NHS supplier, Roche, has led to a temporary shortage in some of the chemicals we use to process blood test results. This is a national problem and Roche is working hard to resolve this. We are doing everything we can to reduce the impact on our patients, but… Read more »
The governing bodies of NHS Ipswich and East Suffolk and NHS North East Essex clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) will meet next week to decide on a proposal to create an elective care centre for patients who need planned orthopaedic surgery. The CCGs will hold the extraordinary meeting via Zoom on Tuesday (14 July 2020) to… Read more »
Around 450 people have fed back their views on a proposal to create an elective care centre (ECC) in Colchester for patients who need planned orthopaedic surgery, such as hip and knee replacements. The community was encouraged to comment on East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust’s (ESNEFT) plans to create the centre at… Read more »
Nick Hulme, Chief Executive for East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, said: “We can confirm that three patients, one in their 90s one in their 80s, and one in their 20s, all of whom had underlying health conditions, have sadly passed away at Ipswich Hospital. Three patients at Colchester Hospital, one in their… Read more »
Nick Hulme, Chief Executive for East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust said: “We can confirm that, sadly, two patients, one in their 70’s and the other in their 80’s who both had underlying health conditions, have passed away at Colchester Hospital. They had tested positive for COVID-19. “Our thoughts and condolences remain with… Read more »
Mums-to-be who are being induced can now relax in homely and comfortable surroundings while they wait to have their baby following the opening of a dedicated suite at Ipswich Hospital. The new induction of labour suite has been created alongside the Brook Birth Centre on the second floor of the maternity block. Called the… Read more »
Eddie Bloomfield, Julie Parker, Richard Spencer, Carole Taylor-Brown, Helen Taylor and Richard Youngs are our non-executive directors and provide an independent check on how well the Trust runs. You can read about our non-executive directors here.
A new drugs manufacturing facility worth more than £3million is to be built at Colchester Hospital so patients can continue to benefit from tailor-made medication, including chemotherapy drugs for cancer. The aseptic unit, which is due to open next year, will provide additional space and improve the flow of the drug manufacturing process to meet… Read more »
A multi-million pound plan to transform and extend the main entrance of Colchester Hospital has been given the green light. The front of the main building, which has largely stayed the same since the hospital opened in 1985, will change significantly, with the project paving the way for an expansion of the hospital, including… Read more »
Therapeutic radiographer Lara Burgess has enlisted the help of radiotherapy patients and their loved-ones to help her knit fidget quilts for dementia sufferers. Watch the video here.