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People in Suffolk and Essex are being invited to a series of meetings where they can share their views on a proposal to create a new centre at Colchester Hospital for patients who need planned orthopaedic surgery such as hip and knee replacements. East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT), which runs Colchester… Read more »
The NHS in Suffolk and Essex is inviting people to share their views on a proposal to create an elective care centre in Colchester for patients who need planned orthopaedic surgery, such as hip and knee replacements. The centre would be built on the Colchester Hospital site on Turner Road. Its benefits would include: a… Read more »
Issue 3 of our ESNEFT magazine is out now. The magazine features the latest news and inspirational stories from across the Trust, including our community hospitals and services.
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust is appealing for people who have been involved in research studies to come along to its first ever Patient Café. The informal event is open to anyone who has helped with a study and would like to share their experiences with others. It will give people the… Read more »
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) is asking patients, carers, the public and staff to help choose its key areas for improvement (which are also known as ‘quality priorities’) for 2020/21. The trust, which runs Ipswich and Colchester hospitals as well as a range of community services, has developed nine priorities and… Read more »
A grateful couple have shared their deepest thanks to big hearted Colchester Hospital staff who came together to arrange a blessing of their relationship. Peter Hare and Toni Bennett, from Harwich, have been together for 13 years. Peter, 71, has been receiving care on Nayland Ward since October for a series of complex medical conditions…. Read more »
Healthcare workers of the future are going behind the scenes at Colchester Hospital to find out which NHS roles come into play to save lives in a hospital operating theatre. A series of surgical masterclasses at the Iceni Centre, on the Colchester Hospital site, are giving Year 9 pupils from north Essex secondary schools a… Read more »
A free event designed to help patients and their families to look after their health and recovery as they manage the effects of cancer will take place in Colchester later this spring. “Living with and beyond cancer” has been organised by East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) and Macmillan Cancer Support. Taking… Read more »
Patients, carers and the public have been invited to East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust’s (ESNEFT) next board meeting. The meeting takes place in Colchester on Thursday 30 January, and will look at the way ESNEFT is performing against government indicators, such as referral to treatment times and the emergency department four-hour target…. Read more »
The University of Essex and East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) have officially joined forces in a new partnership to promote greater collaboration in the areas of health and wellbeing. The partners signed a memorandum of understanding at a special ceremony at the University’s Colchester Campus on Monday, 20 January…. Read more »
Care home residents are now receiving additional support to help them stay well and out of hospital thanks to a brand new community service running across east Suffolk. The care home initiative sees a small team of specialist nurses and therapists work with the area’s 86 care homes to provide training and education to… Read more »
Specialist surgeons at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) have been honing their surgical skills at Colchester Hospital. Trauma and Orthopaedic surgeons and registrars, based at both Colchester and Ipswich hospitals, have been able to use a mobile lab this week to practise new keyhole surgery techniques and get to grips with… Read more »