Hospital archive resources
Colchester & Ipswich Hospitals Charity has launched a new event for 2022. This is an exciting opportunity that we are inviting the public to get involved with to support their local NHS hospitals. The Hospital Hero Hike will take place on Sunday 1 May and is a 21-mile challenge walk from Colchester Hospital to Ipswich… Read more »
More than 200 patients have benefitted from being operated on by robotic technology at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) during the past year. The £2.5m Davinci Xi surgical robot was introduced 12 months ago. Since then, surgeons have used it to successfully carry out minimally-invasive colon, rectal and gynaecological cancer operations,… Read more »
Patients in hospitals run by East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) will be able to have a visitor to see them again. A restricted visiting policy is being reintroduced in all the Trust’s hospitals from Monday, 14 February. It comes after a majority of ward visiting had to be suspended at the… Read more »
A general and colorectal consultant with East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) is now able to teach complex robotic surgery to others after demonstrating his own expertise and achieving consistently good results for patients. Subash Vasudevan has become one of just a handful of consultants from around the country to become a… Read more »
People who are being cared for in the hospitals run by East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) are being given a new leaflet designed to spark conversations to help smooth their journey home after treatment. Called “We’re with you all the way”, the leaflet is packed full of information to help patients… Read more »
Pregnant people in labour will soon be able to be accompanied by two birthing partners again in hospitals run by East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT). Visiting hours on antenatal and postnatal wards are also being extended in maternity services. The Trust’s maternity visiting guidance was updated earlier this month to keep… Read more »
National COVID-19 restrictions are due to be lifted in England from Thursday, 27 January, and although there will be lots of changes outside healthcare settings, all our existing Infection Prevention and Control guidance remains the same inside our hospitals. We are still asking all patients, visitors, and our staff, to: Wear a surgical face mask… Read more »
Patients with suspected prostate cancer will now benefit from a faster diagnosis following the introduction of joint consultant and nurse-led biopsy service. The service at Ipswich Hospital will mean patients can be treated as an outpatient and have the faster procedure under a local anaesthetic with “accurate targeting of abnormal areas of the prostate”. Katie… Read more »
Losing a baby is devastating, but the pain and worry doesn’t disappear when a family is expecting again. To help support mums-to-be a specialist clinic has been running at Ipswich Hospital as part of a research study, with regular scans, the same clinical team and on-hand reassurance should the family need it. The rainbow clinic… Read more »
The new £5.3million Breast Care Centre at Ipswich Hospital is on track to be built this year. Colchester & Ipswich Hospitals Charity have confirmed they have just over £500,000 to raise for The Blossom Appeal and building work is due to commence on site in the spring. The new state-of-the-art centre is to be… Read more »
From today, Monday 17 January, the corridor leading to Trauma and Orthopaedics (T&O) from the former south entrance at Ipswich Hospital will be out of use for two weeks. This is a link corridor which takes people from the south corridor (where most of the hospital wards are) to the T&O department, via the old entrance and… Read more »
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) is asking patients, carers, the public and staff to help choose its key areas for improvement (which are also known as ‘quality priorities’) for 2022/23. The Trust, which runs Ipswich and Colchester hospitals as well as a range of community services, has developed nine priorities and… Read more »