Hospital archive resources
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Board has decided to contract all soft facilities management services to an external partner, moving to a single, consistent approach across all its sites. These services include catering, housekeeping, cleaning, portering and security. Following a competitive tender exercise, including evaluation of the shortlisted bids – involving clinical… Read more »
Staff at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) are offering thousands of patients a year extra support to look after their own health and wellbeing so that they can live longer, healthier and happier lives. The Making Every Contact Count (MECC) programme encourages staff to use their interactions with patients, such as… Read more »
The Trust Board will meet on Thursday 5 December to consider the Full Business Case relating to soft facilities management and make a decision about the future provision of these services across the Trust. The Board’s decision will be announced as soon as possible and by Monday 9 December at the earliest. This is to… Read more »
Anyone with an interest in healthcare is being invited to the next meeting of East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust’s (ESNEFT) Council of Governors tomorrow (Tuesday 3 December). During the meeting, the governors will look at performance at the Trust, which runs Colchester and Ipswich hospitals as well as a range of community… Read more »
Lauren Chapman, 19, spent time on placement at Colchester Hospital while studying for her level 3 BTEC in health and social care. Her experience on Birch Ward helped confirm she wanted to pursue a career in healthcare and she is now studying for a midwifery degree at the University of East Anglia (UEA). Lauren has… Read more »
Engagement officer Kerry Solomon is currently studying for a business and management degree with a level 6 apprenticeship. She started the course in September at Colchester Institute as part of her role. Kerry is one of many apprentices at ESNEFT and she’s shared what it means to her. The course is part of ESNEFT’s Future… Read more »
Some of our facilities staff including porters, cleaners and catering staff will be striking from Monday 25 November until Friday 13 December. The strikes are planned to take place at Colchester Hospital and some of our community sites. They are not planned for Ipswich Hospital. We are committed to keeping disruption to services to a minimum… Read more »
Cancer patients at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) can now take part in free exercise classes to increase their strength and stamina and boost their confidence. The sessions will support people before, during and after their cancer treatment. Four are available: Swimming sessions, which take place at Colchester Leisure World and… Read more »
Olivia Formoy has just begun her role as a health care support worker at Colchester Hospital after completing a BTEC Level 3 in health and social care in May. The 18-year-old from Layer de la Haye has shared her experience of the two-year course and her motivation for joining Team ESNEFT. She said: “Having taken… Read more »
We’ve celebrated outstanding NHS healthcare teams and colleagues at our ESNEFT Awards. They included a doctor who has raised £10,000 for charity after being diagnosed with a brain tumour himself, a volunteer who supports patients in their last days of life and a team who’ve introduced a specialist nuclear medicine treatment for patients with tumours…. Read more »
Our multi-million-pound investment programme to build state-of-the-art facilities at Colchester and Ipswich hospitals for treatment and care will significantly improve healthcare for local people. We know the number of car parking spaces on each hospital site has reduced because of these new buildings. We also know that because of the increased demand for our services,… Read more »
Today the first patients will have surgery at the Essex and Suffolk Elective Orthopaedic Centre. The purpose built centre, housed in the Dame Clare Marx Building at Colchester Hospital will help to change the lives of up to 10,000 people each year, is one of the largest centres of its kind in Europe and has… Read more »