Hospital archive resources
Our hospital support group which helps patients in Ipswich and east Suffolk with skin cancer is going from strength to strength. The Skin Cancer Support Group was launched at Ipswich Hospital in 2011, providing patients who have had a skin cancer the opportunity to meet others with similar symptoms. The group meet on the first… Read more »
People living with and beyond cancer will be able to access support and information at a free event in Colchester next month organised by East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT). The Living With and Beyond Cancer Health and Wellbeing Workshop on Monday, 16 September is aimed at cancer patients, and carers,… Read more »
Ipswich Hospital’s teenage and young adult cancer nurse specialist is now able to access extra training and funding to further improve care thanks to a new partnership with Teenage Cancer Trust. Dan Jolley’s nursing role has been adopted by the charity, giving him access to additional resources, advice and education while opening up a wider… Read more »
A surgeon at Colchester Hospital is at the forefront of teaching keyhole surgery techniques to clinicians around the world. Clinical lead for surgery and consultant colorectal surgeon Sharmila Gupta is helping to roll out nationally accredited training programmes in laparoscopic (keyhole) colorectal surgery all over the globe in a bid to share best practice and… Read more »
Neill Moloney, Managing Director at East Suffolk and North East Essex Foundation Trust which runs Ipswich Hospital said: ‘Yesterday evening the major power cut across parts of England and Wales also affected Ipswich Hospital, where we experienced a small power issue on site. The emergency generators at the hospital all worked, but a circuit breaker… Read more »
As work to improve and extend the front of Colchester Hospital gathers pace, 49 modular units will be arriving on the Turner Road site over the next seven days and lifted into position like building blocks by two large cranes. This work will see the new single-storey Urgent Treatment Centre in front of the existing Emergency Department, along with… Read more »
A range of new equipment which makes it easier for clinicians to examine their patients’ eyes has been introduced at Ipswich Hospital thanks to a donation from a charitable fund. The ophthalmology department was presented with £37,000 following a successful bid to the Fonnereau Road Health Foundation Fund, which provides grants for equipment which… Read more »
Local residents are welcome to come and find out more about the urgent treatment centre plans at Ipswich Hospital at an information event today (Monday 29 July 2019). We will have colleagues on hand to answer your questions at the hospital’s Courtyard Restaurant, from 4pm to 8pm.
Lee Tyler, managing director of Stroods Specialist Contractors who are carrying out the work. Stephen Pullen, deputy pharmacy production manager at Colchester Hospital. ESNEFT Chief Executive Nick Hulme. Head of pharmacy quality assurance, Professor Oweikumo Eradiri. Head of capital developments at Colchester Hospital, John Fulcher. Work has begun to build a new specialist drugs unit… Read more »
Here’s the summer issue of our ESNEFT life magazine. It is packed full of good news and staff achievements, celebrating some of the best stories from across the trust. Click on the image to download your copy.
Patients, carers and the public have been invited to East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust’s (ESNEFT) next board meeting, which takes place next Thursday (1 August). During the meeting, a patient will describe their experience of receiving care at the trust, which runs Colchester and Ipswich hospitals as well as a wide range… Read more »
Nick Hulme, Chief Executive of one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, has been setting out ambitions for the future and in particular a building for better care programme. “This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make a significant investment in the health and wellbeing of… Read more »