Hospital archive resources
Patients having robotic knee surgery at Colchester Hospital are being offered additional support through a specialist phone app. Extra videos from consultants, additional information about their surgery and support after the operation are some of the features included in the app offered to patients. Patients can also input their own information, such as their pain… Read more »
A former healthcare assistant (HCA) who inherited a passion for caring from her mum has spoken of her pride after achieving her dream and qualifying as a nurse. Becky Ward fell in love with looking after others while helping her mother care for patients with dementia when she was young. From that point on, the… Read more »
Men experiencing hot flushes caused by hormone cancer treatment are being helped through a research study at Ipswich Hospital. One of the treatments for prostate cancer is hormone therapy. Alongside radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or as a standalone treatment, hormone therapy can help manage the condition for men with prostate cancer over short months to life-long treatment…. Read more »
Families in Essex with children on the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) assessment pathway can get support through a number of local organisations. Support is available for families through: Essex Family Wellbeing Neurodevelopmental Team who can support children, young people and families with a neurodevelopmental disorder. They’re open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm. Call… Read more »
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust’s (ESNEFT) Board will hold its next meeting on Thursday (12 January). During the morning, the Board will discuss ESNEFT’s finances and latest performance. It will also hear more about a patient’s experience of receiving care from the Trust, and will be asked to approve ESNEFT’s new Quality… Read more »
Ipswich Hospital’s brand new state-of-the-art Breast Care Centre has today (Thursday 5 January) welcomed its first patients. The breast screening team was the first to begin using the multi-million pound facility, with the clinics and imaging department moving in over the next few weeks. The centre will transform the experience which patients have when… Read more »
A new group has been set up to offer peer support to patients in the Ipswich area who have received treatment for head and neck cancer, together with their families and carers. The group will give people affected by head and neck cancer the opportunity to meet others in a similar situation, share experiences and… Read more »
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) is backing a new campaign promoting the use of mobile cancer care units to deliver localised cancer treatment. The Hope for Tomorrow charity, which provides the NHS with mobile cancer units, has launched “Cuppa for Cancer Care. The annual event will take place between 30 January… Read more »
Scrub nurse Rheza Rivas may have turned 70 but retiring is the last thing on her mind. A popular figure on the Ipswich Hospital Raedwald Day Surgery Unit and, before, in South Theatres, Rheza has no intention of leaving Suffolk and returning to her birthplace in the Philippines. She arrived at Ipswich Hospital in 2001… Read more »
We have issued new visiting guidance for winter. We continue to care for patients with a number of transmissible infections and are asking for everyone’s help us to keep our hospitals safe. Two visitors may visit adult inpatient and critical care wards between 10am and 7pm. Some exceptions may apply – please double check with… Read more »
Please attend your appointments with us Some NHS services across the country are being affected by strike action. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has announced that our hospitals will be affected by nursing strikes on Monday 6 and Tuesday 7 February 2023. Both our ESNEFT teams and the wider NHS are committed to keeping… Read more »
When Debbie Hollingsworth noticed blood in her urine, her GP referred her to Colchester Hospital. A CT scan discovered Debbie had two kidney stones. The best treatment would be to have them broken up so she could pass them. Rather than have surgery, Debbie was able to have lithotripsy treatment. This new treatment uses a… Read more »