Hospital archive resources
It’s always good to know you’re getting things right, but the team on Ipswich Hospital’s Children’s Ward are not just doing that, they are outstanding. When a child is seriously ill or injured it is a hugely worrying time and the weight of fear and stress on a family is significant. They have to be… Read more »
A group which uses people’s first-hand experiences to improve services for patients who are receiving care for cancer is appealing for more members to join its ranks so that it can continue to make a difference in the future. ESNEFT’s Cancer Services User Group (CSUG) would like to hear from people who have received treatment… Read more »
Cancer patients and their loved ones can now start to benefit from more than just medical support and treatment at Colchester Hospital. The Cancer Wellbeing Centre has been built in a quiet lakeside location close to the main hospital building so people can access its services in a peaceful area of calm away from… Read more »
By March 2020, the health service – including East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust – must comply with NHS Digital’s new national data opt-out policy. This means that patients can choose whether their confidential information is used for research and planning. If you do not want your information to be used in this… Read more »
A Colchester hospital patient has become the first person in the world to receive the world’s most advanced heart implant that doctors have likened to as having a “paramedic in your pocket”. David Southworth (pictured, below), who has heart failure, was fitted with the Medtronic Cobalt implant by ESNEFT consultant cardiologist Dr Duncan Field. It can communicate with… Read more »
Patients, carers and the public have been invited to the next meeting of East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust’s (ESNEFT) Council of Governors on Thursday (5 March). During the meeting, the governors will hear more about the results of the recent NHS staff survey, as well as the way the trust is performing… Read more »
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 »