Hospital archive resources
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust is appealing for people who have been involved in research studies to come along to its first ever Patient Café. The informal event is open to anyone who has helped with a study and would like to share their experiences with others. It will give people the… Read more »
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) is asking patients, carers, the public and staff to help choose its key areas for improvement (which are also known as ‘quality priorities’) for 2020/21. The trust, which runs Ipswich and Colchester hospitals as well as a range of community services, has developed nine priorities and… Read more »
A grateful couple have shared their deepest thanks to big hearted Colchester Hospital staff who came together to arrange a blessing of their relationship. Peter Hare and Toni Bennett, from Harwich, have been together for 13 years. Peter, 71, has been receiving care on Nayland Ward since October for a series of complex medical conditions…. Read more »
Healthcare workers of the future are going behind the scenes at Colchester Hospital to find out which NHS roles come into play to save lives in a hospital operating theatre. A series of surgical masterclasses at the Iceni Centre, on the Colchester Hospital site, are giving Year 9 pupils from north Essex secondary schools a… Read more »
A free event designed to help patients and their families to look after their health and recovery as they manage the effects of cancer will take place in Colchester later this spring. “Living with and beyond cancer” has been organised by East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) and Macmillan Cancer Support. Taking… Read more »
Patients, carers and the public have been invited to East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust’s (ESNEFT) next board meeting. The meeting takes place in Colchester on Thursday 30 January. The meeting will look at how ESNEFT is performing against government indicators, such as referral to treatment times and the Emergency Department four-hour target…. Read more »
The University of Essex and East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) have officially joined forces in a new partnership to promote greater collaboration in the areas of health and wellbeing. The partners signed a memorandum of understanding at a special ceremony at the University’s Colchester Campus on Monday, 20 January…. Read more »
Care home residents are now receiving additional support to help them stay well and out of hospital thanks to a brand new community service running across east Suffolk. The care home initiative sees a small team of specialist nurses and therapists work with the area’s 86 care homes to provide training and education to… Read more »
Specialist surgeons at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) have been honing their surgical skills at Colchester Hospital. Trauma and Orthopaedic surgeons and registrars, based at both Colchester and Ipswich hospitals, have been able to use a mobile lab this week to practise new keyhole surgery techniques and get to grips with… Read more »
The CQC report has highlighted outstanding areas of care in the Trust while recognising there are still some areas which require improvement and the Trust’s overall rating is ‘requires improvement’. The report has been welcomed by Helen Taylor, Chair, and Nick Hulme, Chief Executive. Ms Taylor said: “We welcome this highly detailed report which finds… Read more »
Young patients at Ipswich Hospital will be given the chance to use music to help them express themselves when a new music therapy service launches in January. The initiative will give children who are receiving care the chance to spend one day a week making music under the guidance of hospital staff and a therapist… Read more »
The Radiotherapy Department at Ipswich Hospital has been presented with a prestigious award for providing a warm, welcoming and high quality environment for patients receiving treatment for cancer. Staff at the unit have been presented with the Macmillan Quality Environment Mark following a rigorous assessment by Macmillan and a patient representative. They looked at a… Read more »