Hospital archive resources
Buildings run by East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) will be lit up in pink from Monday (7 September) to show support for national Organ Donation Week. The awareness week, which runs until Sunday (13 September), will shine a light on the generosity of donors and the impact they have on transplant… Read more »
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) is inviting people with an interest in healthcare to consider standing for election to its Council of Governors. The trust, which runs Colchester and Ipswich hospitals together with a range of community health services, is inviting anyone who would like to get involved or has an… Read more »
Coronavirus and staff wellbeing will be among the items on the agenda when East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust’s (ESNEFT) board meets on Thursday (3 September). The board will meet between 9.30am and 11.20am via Microsoft Teams to maintain social distancing. During the meeting, members will receive an update on the impact of… Read more »
Young people receiving care from East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) have been sent seeds to help them look after their mental health during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic by trying their hand at gardening. Youth worker Rachel Fletcher, who is based at Colchester Hospital, has sent the seeds to young people from… Read more »
Allied health professional (AHP) teams across Colchester and Ipswich hospitals, and community sites have worked together with other healthcare organisations to develop dedicated post COVID-19 rehabilitation care When a patient leaves hospital after being treated for Coronavirus (COVID-19), their recovery does not end there – it is just the beginning. Some of the effects… Read more »
When you come into one of our hospitals or to a community clinic for treatment, you will be asked to fill in a form giving some personal information about yourself. This will include your age, gender, marital status, ethnicity, faith or belief and sexual orientation. It is important for us to collect this demographic information… Read more »
Doctors at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) have warned of the potential damage and dangers caused by delaying a visit to hospital if people ignore symptoms of a heart attack. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has understandably left people in communities served by the Trust anxious and potentially scared about coming into… Read more »
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) has been awarded more than £3m in Government funding to enhance urgent and emergency care in the run up to winter. The trust, which runs Colchester and Ipswich hospitals and a range of community health services, was awarded the money as part of a £300m package… Read more »
A new app at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) helped to keep one couple connected with their newborn twins when they were being treated on different neonatal units nearly 60 miles apart during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. vCreate, which allows videos and messages to be securely shared with new parents, has… Read more »
Patients, carers and the public have been invited to join the next virtual meeting of East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust’s (ESNEFT) Council of Governors which takes place next week. The meeting will be held on Thursday (6 August) via Microsoft Teams. It will give the governors the chance to hear more about… Read more »
Children with lifelong neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism and cerebral palsy will soon benefit from ground-breaking studies carried out closer to home after East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) launched an innovative new research centre. The Synapse Centre for Neurodevelopment brings together paediatricians, speech and language specialists, clinical psychologists, physiotherapists and researchers… Read more »
Plans to create a state-of-the-art elective care centre (ECC) in Colchester for patients who need planned orthopaedic surgery such as hip and knee replacements have today been given the green light. The governing bodies of Ipswich and East Suffolk and North East Essex clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) approved the proposal, which was drawn up by… Read more »