Hospital archive resources
Meet Alex – a student nurse who volunteered to opt into a scheme to enable students to be part of the paid workforce to help care for hospital patients during the pandemic. Working with the acute medical team at Colchester Hospital he was straight in at the deep end, caring for a patient with respiratory failure,… Read more »
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) is asking visitors and outpatients to have a quick test for Coronavirus (COVID-19) before going to its hospitals to help keep everyone safe. ESNEFT is the organisation which runs Ipswich and Colchester hospitals, as well as services at Aldeburgh, Clacton, Halstead, Harwich and Felixstowe hospitals, Bluebird… Read more »
A partnership of Suffolk health and care providers has begun delivering an early supported discharge service (ESD) for stroke patients across Suffolk. The Suffolk Alliance, which is a partnership of East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT), West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (WSFT) and Suffolk County Council, will run an early supported discharge… Read more »
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) is making further changes to visiting arrangements at its hospitals, including the relaxation of existing Coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions in maternity services. The changes apply in four areas – maternity, emergency departments (A&E), children’s services and end of life care. The new arrangements in maternity will be… Read more »
Members of East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) are being invited to consider standing for election to its Council of Governors. The Trust, which runs Colchester and Ipswich Hospitals together with a range of community health services, is asking for nominations to fill 10 vacancies. This includes public governor seats in Colchester,… Read more »
With a passion for people, a commitment to the NHS and a strong belief in staff feeling supported and having a sense of purpose, new ESNEFT Director Kate Read has hit the ground running since her arrival in January. Kate, the Trust’s new Director of People and Organisational Development, says she’s been made to feel… Read more »
New Chief Nurse Giles Thorpe joined the Trust in November, taking on the role before the second wave of Coronavirus (COVID-19) hit. He’s shared his hopes, passions and how he wants to provide the best care for patients while supporting staff in an honest and open interview. With a 20-year career in the NHS, beginning… Read more »
Two children’s nurses who have been working in the adult intensive therapy unit through the pandemic say the experience has been completely different from their usual nursing shifts. Fourteen children’s nurses from Ipswich and Colchester Hospitals have been working on critical care wards since the beginning of January to help with the additional pressure in… Read more »
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded £250,000 to help us develop a business cases for further digital investment as part of a national programme designed to transform the NHS through the use of technology. ESNEFT has been named as one of 32 trusts to receive seed funding as part of… Read more »
The first member of staff at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) to become an advanced critical care practitioner has spoken of her pride at achieving the qualification and the satisfaction she gets from caring for patients. Nia Fortuna, who works in the critical care unit (CCU) at Ipswich Hospital, was appointed… Read more »
New parking technology is being introduced at Ipswich Hospital to make it easier and more convenient for everyone to park. The hospital team is introducing an automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) system for staff and visitor parking from Monday 10 May. The biggest benefit for visitors and patients is that new payment machines are being… Read more »
Cardiac patients in the Ipswich and Colchester areas will now be able to have a specialist diagnostic test closer to home following the launch of a new cardiac MRI service at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT). A new scanner has been installed at Ipswich Hospital which will allow specialists to look… Read more »