Hospital archive resources
Cases of flu and other respiratory viruses in our hospitals and in the community are reducing. At ESNEFT we are now seeing less patients admitted to hospital and attending our emergency areas with respiratory viral symptoms. Therefore, visitors to our wards, and patients and visitors in other clinical departments at our hospitals, are no longer… Read more »
ESNEFT and UNISON, alongside our Joint Union Committee colleagues have worked for a number of years to resolve the healthcare support worker (HCSW) backpay arrangements. We have genuinely worked in partnership, developing education pathways and agreeing, through collective negotiation, an accepted offer around backpay. ESNEFT and UNISON have both acknowledged that there has been miscommunication… Read more »
We are strongly encouraging visitors to our wards, and patients and visitors in other clinical departments at our hospitals, to wear face masks. This is to help stop the spread of infectious illnesses and to keep everyone at our hospitals safe. We are seeing a steep rise in respiratory viruses including flu in our hospitals…. Read more »
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust will partner with Sodexo to deliver its soft facilities management services. Confirmation of this partnership follows the Trust Board’s decision to contract all soft facilities management services to an external partner, moving to a single, consistent approach across all its sites. These services include catering, housekeeping, cleaning,… Read more »
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Board has decided to contract all soft facilities management services to an external partner, moving to a single, consistent approach across all its sites. These services include catering, housekeeping, cleaning, portering and security. Following a competitive tender exercise, including evaluation of the shortlisted bids – involving clinical… Read more »
Background It is the Trust’s responsibility and overriding priority to deliver the best possible care and outcomes for patients in a safe environment and at the best value for money for taxpayers. Earlier this year, the Trust Board made the decision to review how soft facilities management services are provided across the organisation. These services… Read more »
NHS teams across the east of England and the rest of the country have started vaccinating people against Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) for the first time. RSV, a leading cause of infant mortality around the world, is a common cause of coughs and colds but it can lead to severe lung infections like pneumonia and infant bronchiolitis…. Read more »
Good End of Life Care for All East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) has published a new strategy which sets out how it will provide the highest quality care and support to every patient reaching the end of their life, together with their families and carers. Called “Good End of Life Care… Read more »
The families and carers of patients in the last days of life are being reminded of the support which is available to them from East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. A new poster called “how we can SUPPORT you” has been circulated to the wards to remind loved ones of the help which… Read more »
You may have seen in the news that the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has announced its members will be taking strike action on Thursday 15 December and Tuesday 20 December. If you are coming to one of our hospitals on these dates, please make sure you attend your hospital appointment or operation unless you… Read more »
Nick Hulme, Chief Executive of East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, has been asked to take on an additional role to provide senior support to the new NHS integrated care boards (ICBs) in Suffolk and north east Essex and Norfolk and Waveney, and to Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT). Nick will… Read more »
ESNEFT email accounts are now secure for person identifiable data (PID). The ESNEFT email system has now been accredited as ‘secure’ for sending and receiving person identifiable data (PID) by NHS Digital. This means that ESNEFT staff no longer need NHSMail to send secure email and will be phasing out NHSMail accounts at ESNEFT over… Read more »