Hospital archive resources
More than £33,000 has been raised towards a vital new Breast Care Centre after the sell-out success of a charity appeal. All 1,000 metal flowers created for the Blooms for Blossom Appeal were snapped up during October and November to raise money for a new centre at Ipswich Hospital. The appeal, by Colchester & Ipswich… Read more »
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) has become one of the only sites in the country to begin using the very latest robotic technology to plan and carry out knee replacement surgery. The handheld robotic device, called CORI, uses computer software to map out the knee joint outline as well as the… Read more »
A footpath diversion will be in place in car park F at Ipswich Hospital for two weeks to help pedestrians while some building work takes place. This is the patient and visitor car park straight ahead as vehicles drive onto the hospital site from the main Heath Road entrance. From Wednesday (December 1), we… Read more »
The new south main entrance (entrance 2) at Ipswich hospital will open today, Monday, 29 November. This is the first big opening as part of the £23.1 million transformation that will improve how patients and visitors access services at the south end of the hospital. After six months of major building works, visitors and patients… Read more »
Patients will be able to have one visitor to see them while they are in hospitals run by East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) again. It comes after a large majority of visiting had to be suspended due to an increase in COVID-19 cases, both in the Trust’s hospitals and in the… Read more »
Women can now have painful growths treated quickly and easily and return home the same day following the introduction of a new treatment at East Suffolk and North Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT). The Sonata system uses radio frequency to treat fibroids, which are non-cancerous growths that develop in the muscle layer around the womb…. Read more »
Behind the doctors, nurses and ‘white coats’ of the NHS, are thousands of skilled professionals also helping to care for patients. Among them are managers making decisions about everything from finance, bed management and the buildings where patients are treated. Every year graduate trainee managers are recruited to keep the NHS wheels in motion. Serena… Read more »
It’s World Diabetes Day on Sunday and healthcare teams across the world will be celebrating. Here are two stories of excellence in patient care as at ESNEFT. A ground-breaking initiative which saw an ESNEFT clinician bring together a group of diabetes experts to develop guidance to support patients with COVID-19 has received an award in… Read more »
We are making some changes in Ipswich Hospital patient / visitor car park F and apologise for disruption tomorrow (Thursday). This is the car park straight ahead as vehicles drive onto the hospital site from the main Heath Road entrance. The work involves creating a new drop-off zone and some new disabled parking spaces. Hospital… Read more »
Additional support is at hand for family carers while visiting is suspended temporarily in hospitals run by East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT). Whether you are a family carer with a loved one in hospital, or a family carer that is a patient in our care, dedicated support is in place to… Read more »
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust’s (ESNEFT) recent performance against key government targets will be on the agenda when the board holds its next meeting on Thursday (4 November). The meeting will take place between 9.30am and 12noon via videoconference to maintain social distancing. During the morning, attendees will hear more about the… Read more »
Giles Thorpe, Chief Nurse at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, has thanked all of our communities for their patience and forbearance as temporary visiting restrictions come into place at all of the Trust’s hospitals. “We know how important visitors are for patients and it was a very difficult decision to take. The… Read more »