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A new supplier has taken over running the non-emergency patient transport service. HTG (Health Transportation Group) takes over the service from Wednesday 1 April. Patients who are currently eligible and use the service can continue to do so. No changes have been made to the eligibility criteria. If transport is pre-booked for a patient, this should continue to happen in… Read more »
Expectant parents will now be offered a test for over 200 rare, treatable genetic conditions. This is part of a national newborn research study. People can either register their interest online or ask their midwife to speak to one of the research team at their hospital to sign up for The Generation Study. A member… Read more »
An app that puts people in control of their own healthcare is being used by more than 100,000 patients receiving care and treatment at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT). MyChart allows patients at Colchester and Ipswich hospitals to securely access parts of their health records via their mobile phone, tablet or… Read more »
Beata Mancinelli arrived in the UK with £20 in her back pocket. She couldn’t speak English and didn’t know anyone. But Beata’s determination has driven her from working as a hotel chambermaid to becoming one of ESNEFT’s developing leaders. Beata was 19 when she travelled from Poland to England in 2010. Her plan was spend… Read more »
Hundreds of young people from Ipswich and east Suffolk learnt more about the range of NHS career opportunities available to them. More than 500 students visited the East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) careers fair at Trinity Park, in Ipswich this week. Organised by the Trust that runs Ipswich Hospital, as well… Read more »
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published a report after an inspection of some services at Colchester Hospital. East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT), which runs the hospital, acknowledges and welcomes the CQC’s feedback. The inspection, in April 2025, focused on medical care (including older people’s care) and urgent and emergency services…. Read more »
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 »
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 self-confessed “carnival chaser” will “rejoice” on the streets of Notting Hill next month – just three months after having his prostate removed with a surgical robot. Anthony Baptiste, 55, had “no idea anything was wrong” when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He was the first patient at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS… Read more »
Staff from across East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) have been taking extra steps to tackle the inequalities which mean that some people have poorer health outcomes and a shorter life expectancy than others. The Trust’s health inequalities team was set up two years ago to steer work to address the preventable… Read more »
Find out more about diabetes prevention and treatment at a health talk by our internationally renowned consultant Professor Gerry Rayman. Professor Rayman is Consultant Diabetologist at the Diabetes Centre at Ipswich Hospital, NHS Diabetes Clinical Lead for inpatient diabetes and Chair of Diabetes UK’s Diabetes Research study group for acute care. His work has led… Read more »
“I was climbing the walls for a cigarette while in hospital”, said Donna. “I told the staff ‘if you don’t give me something I’m going to go outside and smoke.’ ” Donna, 62, had smoked for 45 years, starting when she was a teenager. Having been admitted to Colchester Hospital with breathing problems related to… Read more »