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Just because a child is in hospital doesn’t mean they have to miss out on going to school. The Ipswich Hospital School Room, on Boxford Ward, has gone from “strength to strength” according to lead teacher Kate Kingsford-Bere. She joined the school room, which is operated by Ipswich-based multi-academy trust, the Raedwald Trust, in January…. Read more »
More than 150 school children from East Anglia were taught invaluable lifesaving skills this week. Pupils from The Gilberd and Thurstable Schools in Essex and Suffolk’s Thomas Gainsborough School were among those that learned basic CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) at Colchester Hospital’s Iceni Centre as part of world ‘Restart a Heart’ Day. They were joined fellow… Read more »
“Get checking” – that is the message from Tracy Freeman, clinical lead for equipment and wheelchair service at ESNEFT, during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Tracy found a lump in her left breast “purely by accident” as she arrived at a hotel in Prague for a family weekend away last December. She was carrying her rucksack… Read more »
Patients are getting a better night’s sleep after a delivery of ear plugs and eye masks at Colchester Hospital. British Airways have provided the hospital’s “Sleep Well in Hospital” campaign with eye masks – often used by customers on their flights – while Arco, who provide and sell safety wear and equipment, have donated the… Read more »
A date has been set for services to move out of Colchester’s Essex County Hospital (ECH). The doors will close and the final patient will be seen at the hospital, which is nearly 200-years-old, on Friday, 30 November. As part of plans to improve services and facilities for patients, all of the remaining clinical services… Read more »
People who use Wheelchair Services in north Essex have given their views about the service temporarily moving. The service and its staff, which are based at Essex County Hospital at the moment, will move to Clacton Hospital at the end of October ahead of the Lexden Road site being handed over to developers. The Transfer… Read more »
The Laughter Specialists are putting smiles back on the faces of poorly children at Colchester Hospital. Thanks to funding from the People’s Postcode Lottery, the team are able to visit our children’s unit and spread some joy to patients and their families going through difficult times in hospital. TV presenter Fiona Phillips visited our children’s… Read more »
People in Suffolk and north Essex who are having difficulty conceiving a baby may be able to benefit from a new and less costly IVF (in vitro fertilisation) service. One in every six couples will experience difficulty conceiving. Paying for IVF may be an option for some, but not everyone can afford it. Pure IVF… Read more »
Patients who have had a suspected stroke can now be assessed by a specialist consultant in the comfort of their own home following the launch of a first-of-its-kind pilot which is using technology to improve care. The pioneering initiative allows specially-trained paramedics from the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) to use a… Read more »
Patients recovering from critical illness in Ipswich are to be helped back to health by people that were once seriously unwell themselves. Clinical staff at Ipswich Hospital have set up an ICUSteps group and are looking for former intensive care patients to join them and talk to recovering patients and their loved ones, as well… Read more »
Patients can be seen quicker and closer to home thanks to a new procedure that’s come to Ipswich Hospital’s Cardiology department for the first time. The team are now able to offer rotablation which allows clinicians to treat extremely calcified coronary arteries. David Bloore, Cardiology lead at Ipswich, said patients were previously sent to Papworth… Read more »
East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) is introducing a new way of describing food textures and fluid thicknesses to improve safety for patients with swallowing difficulties. From mid-October, standardised terminology will be phased in at Ipswich and Colchester hospitals, as well as across ESNEFT’s community health services. It will see ambiguous and sometimes… Read more »