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More than 20,000 patients and frontline workers have been checked for COVID-19 antibodies in less than six weeks after East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) developed a fast self-service testing system. The trust, which runs Colchester and Ipswich hospitals as well as a variety of community health services, set up the new… Read more »
A grateful patient has shared his thanks to teams at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, and the NHS as a whole, after he received a speedy diagnosis for a potentially life-threatening condition during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Edmund Crosthwaite, 30, said he was “lucky” to have been diagnosed with an internal carotid… Read more »
Community staff working for East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) are reminding patients of the extra steps they are taking to keep everyone safe when they visit to provide care at home. Nursing and therapy staff have outlined the precautions which they are taking to minimise the spread of coronavirus. This includes… Read more »
COVID-19, staff wellbeing and infection prevention are on the agenda for East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust’s (ESNEFT) next board meeting, which takes place on Thursday (2 July). The board will meet between 9.30am and 11.30am via Microsoft Teams to maintain social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. Members of the public can submit… Read more »
A dietitian with East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) has become the first in the region and only one of a handful nationally to earn a sought-after qualification which allows her to prescribe certain medicines to further improve patient care. Sara Rollin, who is based at Ipswich Hospital, sailed through her supplementary… Read more »
Guidance for visiting maternity wards and attending ultrasound scans has changed at hospitals run by East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT). The Trust has been looking at how it can safely ease the existing restrictions in maternity services. These had to be put in place due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Not… Read more »
A talented schoolgirl has shown her appreciation for the NHS staff who cared for her by painting and selling rocks she finds on her daily walks. Rubie, or Rubie Rocks as she’s now known, has raised £650 through lockdown after deciding she wanted to help give something back. The eight-year-old girl from Wivenhoe was… Read more »
When Margaret Holton called her doctor because she felt a bit breathless, she didn’t realise quite how poorly she was. By the time she reached hospital a few hours later, she was fighting for her life in intensive care. The 60-year-old from Aldeburgh called her doctor on 5 April, but “remembers very little” about being… Read more »
Visiting rules have been relaxed at hospitals run by East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) so that some patients and their loved ones can see each other again. The Trust reintroduced visiting on 15 June. It comes after the publication of new national guidance on hospital visiting during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic…. Read more »
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) has welcomed back two former non-executive directors (NEDs) with a raft of experience in finance and steering transformation projects. Elaine Noske and Diane Leacock will act as interims and will serve on the Board for the next six months. They bring with them extensive experience at… Read more »
Work to refurbish the lake area at Colchester Hospital has begun. The project started before the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and has resumed this week. It is part of the wider redevelopment of the front of the main hospital building. The benefits of green space to health and wellbeing are well recognised. These improvements to the… Read more »
Pregnant women are able to choose to have their baby at ESNEFT’s Midwife Led Units once again. The service was temporarily suspended in April to keep both our staff and patients safe during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) has re-established this service at Colchester (Juno Suite) and… Read more »