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Dedicated staff who have together clocked up 12,493 years of service for the NHS have been honoured for their hard work and dedication. A total of 520 staff working for East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT), which runs Ipswich and Colchester hospitals as well as some community health services, were thanked for… Read more »
Ipswich Hospital is being illuminated with purple lighting to raise awareness of pancreatic cancer, remember those who have passed away and celebrate the lives of people who have survived the illness. The South Wards Entrance and Garrett Anderson Centre at the hospital, which is run by East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust,… Read more »
Colchester Hospital’s new main entrance, retail area and reception will open today, Thursday, 28 November. After nearly six months of construction the multi-million pound redevelopment at the front of the hospital is almost complete and WH Smith, Costa, M&S will open their doors to customers for the first time at 9am. The League of Friends team… Read more »
Long-serving nurse Paulene Morrow hung up her uniform for the final time this week, bringing a 36-year career at Ipswich Hospital to an end. Seventy-five-year-old Paulene said goodbye to patients and staff on Haughley Ward one last time. Originally from Liverpool, Paulene qualified as a nurse in 1998 and prior to that worked at Ipswich… Read more »
A planning application is being prepared to provide additional car parking facilities for staff on the Colchester Hospital site. The proposal is for a single-storey deck car park on top of the lower half of Car Park K (behind the villas) to provide around 140 additional spaces. This will replace the staff car parking spaces… Read more »
A much-loved husband who was given just 48 hours to live after suffering a serious heart attack on Christmas Day has praised his care he received at Ipswich Hospital and the “exceptionally good” help he has been given since from a special patient support group. Ivan Spilling was rushed to intensive care in December 2017… Read more »
Planning to visit someone in hospital? Please help us to keep our patients safe this winter by staying away if you are unwell. If you have had diarrhoea and / or vomiting, please do not visit our hospitals until 48 hours after your last symptom. If you’re unsure, please contact the ward for advice before… Read more »
From Tuesday 19 November patients with appointments at Ipswich Hospital will be able to see appointment letters and details online through the hospital’s new patient portal. Next time an appointment is booked, patients with a registered mobile phone number will be sent a text message inviting them to sign up to the system and the… Read more »
The main footpath from the visitors’ car park to the main block at Colchester Hospital will be closed from 7am on Wednesday, 13 November through to Wednesday, 27 November. This closure is necessary so drainage works can be carried out as part of the ongoing project to redevelop the hospital’s main entrance to improve… Read more »
Patients are being treated for the first time at Colchester Hospital’s new, state-of-the-art cancer centre after a successful five-year fundraising campaign. The Collingwood Centre is set to transform and improve patient care for people living with cancer in north Essex. One of the first people to receive treatment in the £3.25million unit was Roger Sharman,… Read more »
Babies in east Suffolk can now get treatment for tongue-tie closer to home following the launch of a dedicated clinic at Ipswich Hospital. The new clinic offers quick and painless tongue-tie divisions to make it easier for babies to feed. It will be led by midwife and infant feeding co-ordinator Linda Page, who has been… Read more »
Helen Taylor has been appointed Chair of the East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. Her appointment was announced by Michael Horley, lead governor of the Trust’s Council of Governors at Thursday’s board meeting in public. Helen has been the Interim Chair of the Trust for the past five months and took over from… Read more »