Hospital archive resources
Plans to build a new £5.3million Breast Care Centre at Ipswich Hospital have been given the green light. The new centre will transform the experience patients have when they come to hospital by bringing all elements of breast care under one roof – the clinic, the imaging department and hospital breast screening. A planning application… 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 in January. During the meeting, governors who were voted into post during a recent election will be formally appointed, as will new non-executive directors (NEDs)…. Read more »
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) has thanked local people for their generosity after an appeal to raise funds to support its 10,000 staff and volunteers during COVID-19 topped £650,000. Colchester & Ipswich Hospitals Charity has received the money from both the public and from NHS Charities Together, while more than £200,000… Read more »
Hospedia, which provides TV and telephone services in hospitals, is giving Ipswich and Colchester patients free bedside TV all day on Christmas Day. The viewing schedule includes a showing of a Goldilocks and the Three Bears pantomime to help spread Christmas cheer. The Christmas offer comes in addition to other free services available throughout the… Read more »
Having the Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine will mean Superintendent MRI Radiographer Belinda Ling can get back to where she wants to be – on the frontline caring for patients. Belinda has been running the new MRI scanner project at Ipswich Hospital during the pandemic so she could keep herself and her husband of 34 years, Chris,… Read more »
When Sue Eastbrook and Debbie Reed began a new role together 20 years ago, they never imagined they’d continue and retire following the same shift two decades later. Sue, who began her NHS career 48 years ago in London, joined the team at Essex County Hospital in 1976, first as a staff nurse, then a… Read more »
Having the Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine was an early birthday present for one of the first people to receive it at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT). Eighty-one-year-old Raymond Wray, from Clacton, was the first person to have the Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination at Colchester Hospital, closely followed by Alice Lennox, who turns 82… Read more »
A multi-million pound project to transform urgent and emergency care at Ipswich Hospital is set to begin after plans to improve public transport access to the site were agreed. East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) has been granted permission to build a new £35m urgent treatment centre (UTC) and emergency department (ED)… Read more »
We’ve some projects underway at Ipswich Hospital in the coming days which visitors to our sites may need to be aware of. We apologise for disruption, which teams are working hard to keep to a minimum. Thanks to our Estates and Facilities team for all their hard work. A new MRI scanner is arriving at… Read more »
People living with cancer in Suffolk and Essex can access a wide range of local and national resources launched during the pandemic. Videos from cancer specialists, digital support groups and practical information can now be accessed through a wealth of online resources. The ESNEFT website has published a wide range of online information, and Ipswich’s John… Read more »
Planting extra trees, harvesting rainwater and installing LED lighting are just some of the ways we are helping improve the hospitals’ carbon footprint. As part of our Green Plan launched by ESNEFT, we are committed to a wide range of eco-initiatives over the next three years. All areas of the Trust are earmarked for improvements… Read more »
Patients who have spent time in critical care in one of the hospitals run by East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) can now watch an informative video explaining more about their stay on the unit to help their recovery. The film, which has been put together by staff at Ipswich Hospital, starts… Read more »