Hospital archive resources
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 »
There are going to be some changes to entrances at Ipswich Hospital. We are building a new south main entrance (entrance 2) and retail area followed by a new Emergency Department and Urgent Treatment Centre as part of a £23million project to improve services for patients. We are asking our patients and visitors to use… Read more »
Anyone with an interest in healthcare is being invited to a special meeting to hear more about developments at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) and its plans for the future. ESNEFT’s annual members’ meeting takes place virtually via Microsoft Teams Live on Wednesday 10 November between 6.30pm and 9pm. It will… Read more »
Visiting is being temporarily suspended in all hospitals run by East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT). The difficult decision was taken to temporarily suspend visiting in Suffolk hospitals on Wednesday, 27 October, and it now needs to be extended to north east Essex. Visiting will therefore be suspended in the Trust’s north east… Read more »
Visiting will be suspended for three weeks in east and west Suffolk hospitals from Wednesday 27 October. This is due to the high number of COVID-19 infections in the community, in Ipswich in particular, and the increasing number of patients with COVID-19 in both Ipswich and West Suffolk hospitals. The changes will apply at Ipswich… Read more »
Part of the main corridor at Ipswich Hospital will be narrowed on Friday (22 October) this week as teams carry out important building works to the ceiling. A section of the corridor in the north end of the hospital, near the Ophthalmology Day Care Unit, will be narrowed temporarily while the works take place. People… Read more »
The play team at Ipswich Hospital is celebrating after winning a national award from children’s theatre charity Starlight. The national charity honoured the resilience and dedication of health play specialists who are changing the experience seriously ill children have in hospital during national Play in Hospital Week (11 to 17 October). The Ipswich play team… Read more »
Patients who have had a stroke could receive potentially life-saving treatment more quickly thanks to the introduction of cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT). Called e-Stroke, the UK-designed software analyses images of the brain and blood vessels and automatically flags blockages to clinicians to help guide treatment… Read more »
An allied health professional (AHP) who stepped up to care for COVID-19 patients found walking away from the role just as hard as taking her first steps into the critical care unit. Senior trauma operating department practitioner (ODP) Sam Davies-Eales supported critical care teams at Ipswich Hospital during the first and second waves of COVID-19. After… Read more »
A specialist midwife with East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) has received a major national award in recognition of the support she provides to parents who have lost babies. Ali Brett, who is based at Ipswich Hospital, won the Archie award at a ceremony held by the Mariposa Trust in London at… Read more »