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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 from Colchester Hospital, Ipswich Hospital and community sites have worked 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 of the… 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 neurodevelopmental conditions like autism and cerebral palsy will soon get help from new studies. Ground-breaking studies will be carried out closer to home at the innovative new research centre launched at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT). The Synapse Centre for Neurodevelopment brings together clinicians and researchers from ESNEFT. They… Read more »
Plans to create a state-of-the-art elective care centre (ECC) in Colchester have today been given the green light. The ECC will treat 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… 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 »