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Tranquil space for breast care patients opens

27/01/2023 | Press releases

Patients receiving treatment for breast cancer at Ipswich Hospital can now take time out in a calming and homely quiet room decorated with specially chosen local artwork. The space has been developed in the new Breast Care Centre, which opened fully on Tuesday (24 January). Its aim is to provide patients who are receiving difficult… Read more »

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Room with men sitting in circle talking. Sitting in coloured tub chairs.

Research group helps men manage hot flushes for prostate cancer treatment

16/01/2023 | Press releases

Men experiencing hot flushes caused by hormone cancer treatment are being helped through a research study at Ipswich Hospital. One of the treatments for prostate cancer is hormone therapy. Alongside radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or as a standalone treatment, hormone therapy can help manage the condition for men with prostate cancer over short months to life-long treatment…. Read more »

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young girl in red dress holding hands up covered in paint

Support available for children on ASD assessment pathway

12/01/2023 | Press releases

Families in Essex with children on the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) assessment pathway can get support through a number of local organisations. Support is available for families through: Essex Family Wellbeing Neurodevelopmental Team who can support children, young people and families with a neurodevelopmental disorder. They’re open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm. Call… Read more »

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Board to meet in person

09/01/2023 | Press releases

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust’s (ESNEFT) Board will hold its next meeting on Thursday (12 January). During the morning, the Board will discuss ESNEFT’s finances and latest performance. It will also hear more about a patient’s experience of receiving care from the Trust, and will be asked to approve ESNEFT’s new Quality… Read more »

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‘Cuppa for Cancer Care’ campaign launches

28/12/2022 | Press releases

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) is backing a new campaign promoting the use of mobile cancer care units to deliver localised cancer treatment. The Hope for Tomorrow charity, which provides the NHS with mobile cancer units, has launched “Cuppa for Cancer Care. The annual event will take place between 30 January… Read more »

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Rheza Rivas

Age is no barrier for 70-year-old scrub nurse

22/12/2022 | Press releases

Scrub nurse Rheza Rivas may have turned 70 but retiring is the last thing on her mind. A popular figure on the Ipswich Hospital Raedwald Day Surgery Unit and, before, in South Theatres, Rheza has no intention of leaving Suffolk and returning to her birthplace in the Philippines. She arrived at Ipswich Hospital in 2001… Read more »

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