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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 »
Expecting a baby over the last few months has been a worrying time for families, but as five new mums explained, giving birth in a pandemic was actually a really positive experience. The mums, who all gave birth in ESNEFT hospitals, shared their stories of what it was really like, even with the COVID-19 restrictions… Read more »
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) is easing visiting restrictions further in maternity services to support pregnant women and their families. Some restrictions have remained in place for everyone’s safety due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. However, they have been under constant review so that changes can be made when it is… Read more »
The governing bodies of NHS Ipswich and East Suffolk and NHS North East Essex clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) will meet next week to decide on a proposal to create an elective care centre for patients who need planned orthopaedic surgery. The CCGs will hold the extraordinary meeting via Zoom on Tuesday (14 July 2020) to… Read more »
More than 20,000 patients and frontline workers have been checked for COVID-19 antibodies in less than six weeks after East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) developed a fast self-service testing system. The trust, which runs Colchester and Ipswich hospitals as well as a variety of community health services, set up the new… Read more »
A grateful patient has shared his thanks to teams at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, and the NHS as a whole, after he received a speedy diagnosis for a potentially life-threatening condition during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Edmund Crosthwaite, 30, said he was “lucky” to have been diagnosed with an internal carotid… Read more »
Community staff working for East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) are reminding patients of the extra steps they are taking to keep everyone safe when they visit to provide care at home. Nursing and therapy staff have outlined the precautions which they are taking to minimise the spread of coronavirus. This includes… Read more »
COVID-19, staff wellbeing and infection prevention are on the agenda for East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust’s (ESNEFT) next board meeting, which takes place on Thursday (2 July). The board will meet between 9.30am and 11.30am via Microsoft Teams to maintain social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. Members of the public can submit… Read more »
A dietitian with East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) has become the first in the region and only one of a handful nationally to earn a sought-after qualification which allows her to prescribe certain medicines to further improve patient care. Sara Rollin, who is based at Ipswich Hospital, sailed through her supplementary… Read more »
Guidance for visiting maternity wards and attending ultrasound scans has changed at hospitals run by East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT). The Trust has been looking at how it can safely ease the existing restrictions in maternity services. These had to be put in place due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Not… Read more »
A talented schoolgirl has shown her appreciation for the NHS staff who cared for her by painting and selling rocks she finds on her daily walks. Rubie, or Rubie Rocks as she’s now known, has raised £650 through lockdown after deciding she wanted to help give something back. The eight-year-old girl from Wivenhoe was… Read more »
When Margaret Holton called her doctor because she felt a bit breathless, she didn’t realise quite how poorly she was. By the time she reached hospital a few hours later, she was fighting for her life in intensive care. The 60-year-old from Aldeburgh called her doctor on 5 April, but “remembers very little” about being… Read more »