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The Orthotics department at Ipswich Hospital is relocating to the MSK Physiotherapy Outpatient department from Monday 17 January. The change will see the service move to a newly refurbished clinic room. Patients will continue using entrance 6 while entrance 5 is temporarily closed, and will be asked to let staff know they have arrived for… Read more »
Visiting guidance in maternity units at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) is being updated to keep expectant parents, babies, and staff safe. The Trust’s maternity teams are now caring for more pregnant people who have tested positive for COVID-19. They are also seeing an increasing number of positive cases among pregnant… Read more »
Visiting is being suspended in all hospitals run by East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) from New Year’s Day (Saturday 1 January). This is due to the high number of COVID-19 infections in the community and the increasing number of patients with COVID-19 in the Trust’s hospitals. This will affect Colchester Hospital,… Read more »
A Colchester school boy has encouraged young people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect their friends and family while getting his all-important second jab. Children aged 12 to 15 are being vaccinated at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) over the festive bank holidays. Dedicated family clinics, running today and tomorrow… Read more »
If mum Samantha had one message to someone expecting a baby it would be “get the vaccine”. The mum-of-three never imagined she would give birth to her third baby while fighting for her life in a coma after catching COVID-19. She has no memory of her baby Violet being born via emergency c-section at 27… Read more »
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) has taken the difficult decision to temporarily close Harwich Urgent Treatment Centre at weekends with immediate effect. This is because of staffing issues and to keep everybody safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. People with minor illnesses and injuries can still drop into Harwich UTC for help… Read more »
NHS teams are preparing to deliver 20million more COVID-19 vaccines this year…and we need volunteers to make sure everyone eligible locally has the opportunity to get boosted. Could you step forward to help at our Colchester or Ipswich vaccine hubs between now and New Year’s Eve? You’ll be: Directing people to the vaccination centres Helping… Read more »
Children, families and young people have rated their experiences of receiving care at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) as among the best in the country. ESNEFT has been highlighted as one of the few trusts in England to score “better than expected” in the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) 2020 children and… Read more »
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust’s Chief Nurse is calling for the public’s help to keep visiting going safely. Visiting restrictions still apply in all hospitals run by the Trust to keep everyone – patients, visitors, and staff – safe and stop the spread of COVID-19. This is the Trust’s top priority. Now… Read more »
More than £33,000 has been raised towards a vital new Breast Care Centre after the sell-out success of a charity appeal. All 1,000 metal flowers created for the Blooms for Blossom Appeal were snapped up during October and November to raise money for a new centre at Ipswich Hospital. The appeal, by Colchester & Ipswich… Read more »
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) has become one of the few sites in the country to begin using the very latest robotic technology to plan and carry out knee replacement surgery. The handheld robotic device, called CORI, uses computer software to map out the knee joint outline as well as the… Read more »
A footpath diversion will be in place in car park F at Ipswich Hospital for two weeks in December 2021 to help pedestrians while some building work takes place. This is the patient and visitor car park straight ahead as vehicles drive onto the hospital site from the main Heath Road entrance. From Wednesday… Read more »