Hospital archive resources
Quilters of all abilities are being invited to capture their memories of the coronavirus pandemic with a stitch in time by helping to create a community quilt to raise funds for those most affected by COVID-19. Colchester & Ipswich Hospitals Charity is appealing to crafters to reflect their own experiences of the past 16 months… Read more »
Don’t forget that a visitor parking area at Ipswich Hospital will be closing from this weekend (6 August onwards) to make way for a new state-of-the-art breast care centre for patients. An administration block for medics and their teams is being situated in part of car park G (outside the neonatal unit and maternity building)…. Read more »
The Coastal Birthing Unit at Clacton Hospital will be temporarily closed for births from Monday 2 August to Friday 10 September while lift refurbishment work is carried out. Antenatal and postnatal appointments will continue as normal during this time. However, alternative arrangements can be made for anyone who may find it difficult to get to… Read more »
Specialist classes which help patients to overcome problems associated with treatment for breast cancer are continuing thanks to the help of charitable funding. The sessions are offered to everyone who receives treatment at Ipswich Hospital and take place over six weeks. Run by qualified instructors Zoe George and Theresa Palmer, they are designed to help… Read more »
Thirty new international midwives are to join labour wards and community teams across east Suffolk and north-east Essex over the coming months. The additional midwives are being recruited from Italy and Portugal, and will work at Ipswich, Colchester and Clacton hospitals, as well as across the community midwifery teams in the area. An existing midwife… Read more »
Patients who have borrowed walking aids from East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) are being reminded how to return the equipment after use so that it can benefit other people. Anyone who has been lent crutches, a walking stick or zimmer frame and no longer needs it can return it by: •… Read more »
It’s cheap, there’s no parking and you’ve already exercised say cyclists who are choosing a bike over a car as their commute of choice. Hospital consultants Dr Paul Byrne and Dr Laura Cormack both ride to work. Paul cycles the four-mile journey to Colchester Hospital, and Laura the two miles to Ipswich Hospital. Although both… Read more »
Coronavirus (COVID-19) safety measures will remain in place at hospitals run by East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT). Although there will be big changes from Monday 19 July with lockdown restrictions lifting, Coronavirus (COVID-19) safety measures that have been in place at ESNEFT throughout the pandemic will not be changing yet…. Read more »
The cardiology clinic at Ipswich Hospital has been transformed into a modern environment in which to work and receive care following a £500,000 facelift. East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT), which runs the hospital, has replaced the ceiling, flooring and doors in clinic G, as well as adding wipe clean cladding to… Read more »
Another operating theatre is opening at Ipswich Hospital to help reduce patient waiting lists for people across Suffolk and north east Essex. The theatre unit will be situated in an area of visitor car park F – please bear with us while we make some changes. The Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care System… Read more »
Patients at Ipswich Hospital are now able to relax to soothing lighting, music and projected images during their radiotherapy planning scan thanks to the generosity of local people. East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) has installed the new ambient lighting system in a specially-designed CT scanning room after receiving a £40,000 donation… Read more »
A Suffolk artist inspired to paint a portrait of an NHS ‘hero’ has chosen one of the physiotherapists based at Ipswich Hospital. The portrait is part of a project to say thanks to NHS key workers through the pandemic. Artist Charlotte Johnstone chose to paint the portrait of Jemima Roberts, a rotational physiotherapist based at… Read more »