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If mum Samantha had one message to someone expecting a baby it would be “get the vaccine”. The mum-of-three never imagined she would give birth to her third baby while fighting for her life in a coma after catching COVID-19. She has no memory of her baby Violet being born via emergency c-section at 27… Read more »
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) has taken the difficult decision to temporarily close Harwich Urgent Treatment Centre at weekends with immediate effect. This is because of staffing issues and to keep everybody safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. People with minor illnesses and injuries can still drop into Harwich UTC for help… Read more »
NHS teams are preparing to deliver 20million more COVID-19 vaccines this year…and we need volunteers to make sure everyone eligible locally has the opportunity to get boosted. Could you step forward to help at our Colchester or Ipswich vaccine hubs between now and New Year’s Eve? You’ll be: Directing people to the vaccination centres Helping… Read more »
Children, families and young people have rated their experiences of receiving care at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) as among the best in the country. ESNEFT has been highlighted as one of the few trusts in England to score “better than expected” in the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) 2020 children and… Read more »
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust’s Chief Nurse is calling for the public’s help to keep visiting going safely. Visiting restrictions still apply in all hospitals run by the Trust to keep everyone – patients, visitors, and staff – safe and stop the spread of COVID-19. This is the Trust’s top priority. Now… Read more »
More than £33,000 has been raised towards a vital new Breast Care Centre after the sell-out success of a charity appeal. All 1,000 metal flowers created for the Blooms for Blossom Appeal were snapped up during October and November to raise money for a new centre at Ipswich Hospital. The appeal, by Colchester & Ipswich… Read more »
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) has become one of the only sites in the country to begin using the very latest robotic technology to plan and carry out knee replacement surgery. The handheld robotic device, called CORI, uses computer software to map out the knee joint outline as well as the… Read more »
A footpath diversion will be in place in car park F at Ipswich Hospital for two weeks in December 2021 to help pedestrians while some building work takes place. This is the patient and visitor car park straight ahead as vehicles drive onto the hospital site from the main Heath Road entrance. From Wednesday… Read more »
The new south main entrance (entrance 2) at Ipswich Hospital opened on Monday, 29 November 2021. This is the first big opening as part of the £23.1 million transformation that will improve how patients and visitors access services at the south end of the hospital. After six months of major building works, visitors and patients… Read more »
Patients will be able to have one visitor to see them while they are in hospitals run by East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) again. It comes after a large majority of visiting had to be suspended due to an increase in COVID-19 cases, both in the Trust’s hospitals and in the… Read more »
Women can now have painful growths treated quickly and easily and return home the same day following the introduction of a new treatment at East Suffolk and North Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT). The Sonata system uses radio frequency to treat fibroids, which are non-cancerous growths that develop in the muscle layer around the womb…. Read more »
Behind the doctors, nurses and ‘white coats’ of the NHS, are thousands of skilled professionals also helping to care for patients. Among them are managers making decisions about everything from finance, bed management and the buildings where patients are treated. Every year graduate trainee managers are recruited to keep the NHS wheels in motion. Serena… Read more »