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Patients can now benefit from a new app that lets them manage important information from their hospital record and helps them understand more about the care they are receiving. MyChart is an app and website that patients can download or access to view their own hospital record. The new system has been introduced at East… Read more »
New signs, which encourage people to walk between Colchester rail station and Colchester Hospital, have been installed. The three-metre obelisk-style signs are outside the station’s northside forecourt and the main hospital entrance. They feature a ‘walker’ graphic, designed by former Colchester Institute student, Bayley Lempriere. They are designed to be seen from a distance and… Read more »
It’s not just our patients and their loved ones that we care for at ESNEFT. Back in the summer a mother duck and her six ducklings took up residence at Colchester Hospital. The hen, christened “Maureen”, made her nest on the flat roof above Outpatients, between the Critical Care Unit and the Blood Sciences department,… Read more »
A woman who used Hospital Radio Ipswich to reconnect a man with dementia with his Suffolk roots remains an avid listener and fundraiser, despite living almost 200 miles away. Nancy Hall De Vuyst was working as an activity coordinator at a care home in Lyndhurst in the New Forest – near Southampton – when she… Read more »
Bridging the gap between healthcare assistants and registered nurses in England, the nursing associate role allows colleagues to expand their existing experience gained in healthcare support roles. It advances their clinical knowledge, broadens their responsibilities, and supports their development into registered practice. Training is through a nursing associate apprenticeship, which contains an educational Level 5,… Read more »
A Colchester woman who had to put hip replacement surgery on hold after a cancer diagnosis has spoken of her “amazing experience” after finally having her operation at the Essex and Suffolk Elective Orthopaedic Centre. Kay White, 50, was told in her teens she would need two new hips – due to her hypermobility –… Read more »
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) is inviting people with an interest in healthcare to consider standing for election to its Council of Governors. The Trust, which runs Colchester and Ipswich hospitals and a range of community health services, is looking for anyone who would like to get involved or has an… Read more »
A new mum has shone a light on the importance of premature babies being given breast milk after giving birth to her son when she was 25 weeks pregnant. Baby Wesley, pictured above, wasn’t due to come into the world until later this month, but he’s already three months old. He’s spent the first 100… Read more »
A man who has had multiple surgeries after a serious road accident in 2008 is hoping to return to work, thanks to teams at the Essex and Suffolk Elective Orthopaedic Centre. The surgery, Jake’s first at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, included the replacement of his knee joint using robotic surgery and… Read more »
ESNEFT biomedical scientist Rob Hall has reflected on a recent, dream trip to theFalkland Islands where he worked in the only hospital on the archipelago. The 58–year–old, who is based in the Trust’s microbiology unit on Turner Road, inColchester, took an ESNEFT–approved career break to hone his trade a mere 8,000miles away in the South… Read more »
Steel modular units, which will be used to build a new urgent treatment centre (UTC) at Clacton Hospital, are due to arrive next week. ESNEFT is working with MTX Contracts Ltd on the project to create a new, two-storey extension, which will eventually house the UTC. The next stage of the construction process will… Read more »
Resident doctors (formerly known as junior doctors) in England will be taking part in strike action from 7am on Friday 25 July until 7am on Wednesday 30 July. We have tried and tested plans in place to manage industrial action at ESNEFT. There may be some disruption, though, for our patients and staff. ESNEFT Chief… Read more »