Hospital archive resources
Ipswich Hospital is being illuminated with purple lighting to raise awareness of pancreatic cancer, remember those who have passed away and celebrate the lives of people who have survived the illness. The South Wards Entrance and Garrett Anderson Centre at the hospital, which is run by East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust,… Read more »
Colchester Hospital’s new main entrance, retail area and reception will open today, Thursday, 28 November. After nearly six months of construction the multi-million pound redevelopment at the front of the hospital is almost complete and WH Smith, Costa, M&S will open their doors to customers for the first time at 9am. The League of Friends team… Read more »
Helen Taylor has been appointed Chair of the East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. Her appointment was announced by Michael Horley, lead governor of the Trust’s Council of Governors at Thursday’s board meeting in public. Helen has been the Interim Chair of the Trust for the past five months and took over from… Read more »
Annual services of remembrance are being held next week for families who have lost a baby during pregnancy or around the time of giving birth. The remembrance services, led by the East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust’s (ESNEFT) Chaplaincy team, will go ahead during national Baby Loss Awareness Week, which runs from 9… Read more »
People living with and beyond cancer will be able to access support and information at a free event in Colchester next month organised by East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT). The Living With and Beyond Cancer Health and Wellbeing Workshop on Monday, 16 September is aimed at cancer patients, and carers,… Read more »
Local residents are welcome to come and find out more about the urgent treatment centre plans at Ipswich Hospital at an information event today (Monday 29 July 2019). We will have colleagues on hand to answer your questions at the hospital’s Courtyard Restaurant, from 4pm to 8pm.
Patients, carers and the public have been invited to East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust’s (ESNEFT) next board meeting, which takes place next Thursday (1 August). During the meeting, a patient will describe their experience of receiving care at the trust, which runs Colchester and Ipswich hospitals as well as a wide range… Read more »
Nick Hulme, Chief Executive of one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, has been setting out ambitions for the future and in particular a building for better care programme. “This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make a significant investment in the health and wellbeing of… Read more »
A shop run by the Colchester League of Hospital Friends’ staff and volunteers is now trading in a new location while work to transform the main entrance of Colchester Hospital is underway. The organisation, which ran its shop within the reception area from when the hospital first opened in 1985, and before that in the… Read more »
Midwives at Ipswich Hospital can now enjoy their breaks in a new-look staff room thanks to grateful mums who nominated the team to receive a special make-over. Pampers asked people to show their gratitude to midwives on social media by tagging their hospital and using the hashtag #ThankYouMidwife. Ipswich was one of 10 lucky winners… Read more »
Do you remember your midwife? We have made a short film with some of our midwifery colleagues across the Trust who have been talking about what it takes to be a midwife, ahead of International Day of the Midwife on Sunday, 5 May. Join the conversation on Facebook by following us at @EastSuffolkNorthEssexNHS or on… Read more »
Dale Betts is the only male midwife at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT). Ahead of International Day of the Midwife on Sunday 5 May, the job and dedicated people who do it are being celebrated across the Trust. ESNEFT employs 318 midwives – Dale is just one of them. When he… Read more »