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It was a red-letter day at Ipswich Hospital on Friday with staff joining Roonagh Faith O’Halloran’s family, friends and the people of Hadleigh to celebrate the little girl’s first birthday. Roo has a malignant tumour on her liver and to mark the occasion and raise money for her family, our doctors and nurses have been… Read more »
‘ESNEFT Life’ is our brand new ESNEFT magazine. It is packed full of good news and staff achievements, celebrating some of the best stories from across the trust. Thank you to NHS Professionals for sponsoring this issue. Download a pdf copy of ESNEFT Life
Colleagues from Ipswich Hospital and Central Hospital, Beira, in 2016. Our Ipswich Hospital team has been working with the Central Hospital in Beira, Mozambique, for almost two decades. We are sending all our thoughts to the Beira hospital team and everyone affected by Cyclone Idai. Please donate if you can to help the UN Crisis… Read more »
It’s almost a year since Nick Sawyer got a phone call, a phone call that saved his life. Today he has thanked the Renal Unit team at Colchester Hospital for their care and support throughout his journey from kidney dialysis to transplant. On 19 March last year at 2am, the 52-year-old was told a donor… Read more »
Colchester Hospital held an afternoon tea with a difference to highlight the difficulties and life-threatening consequences faced by people who struggle to swallow. While most people take their ability to eat and drink for granted, those with dysphagia (swallowing difficulties) can encounter a range of medical issues including choking, dehydration, malnutrition and weight loss…. Read more »
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock MP visited the life-saving team at Ipswich Hospital’s Heart Centre today, Friday 8 March. The Minister toured the £5million specialist unit and went behind the scenes in an operating theatre to watch a heart attack patient undergoing surgery. On his visit to the hospital,… Read more »
The impact of a new nursing role at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) which will make a difference to the lives of patients, carers and healthcare professionals by getting the right nurse next to the right bedside has been applauded at a celebratory event. The role of the nursing associate, which… Read more »
Your votes in Tesco supermarkets are needed to help launch a new project which aims to get patients up and moving while they are in hospital. The Occupational Therapy team at Colchester Hospital hopes Recovery Through Activity will help patients get involved in meaningful pastimes as they recover in hospital. The activities have been planned… Read more »
Young patients can now find out what it is like to have an operation at Ipswich Hospital from the comfort of their own home thanks to a new app designed to help them overcome nerves before coming in for surgery. “Little Journey” gives children and their parents or carers the chance to prepare for surgery… Read more »
A significant milestone in the construction of Colchester Hospital’s new cancer centre will be reached in the coming days. Steel work, which will form the first phase of the structure of the Collingwood Centre, will be craned into position over the weekend. Stroods Specialist Contractors will be on site from 7.30am to 4pm on Saturday and… Read more »
ESNEFT’s virtual robots are helping to reduce the number of wasted outpatient appointments. Technology is now being used to cancel appointments automatically in our patient records system. All outpatients are sent a text which gives them the option to cancel their appointment. Now, a virtual worker – you can’t physically see it – is notified… Read more »
Five fundraisers have been lacing up their training shoes to prepare for April’s London Marathon in aid of our hospitals’ charity. Find out what’s inspired them… Mandy is head of the Colchester & Ipswich Hospitals Charity and is fundraising for the Ipswich Hospital Children’s Appeal (see panel below). She said: “No one is more surprised… Read more »