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A date has been set for services to move out of Colchester’s Essex County Hospital (ECH). The doors will close and the final patient will be seen at the hospital, which is nearly 200-years-old, on Friday, 30 November. As part of plans to improve services and facilities for patients, all of the remaining clinical services… Read more »
People who use Wheelchair Services in north Essex have given their views about the service temporarily moving. The service and its staff, which are based at Essex County Hospital at the moment, will move to Clacton Hospital at the end of October ahead of the Lexden Road site being handed over to developers. The Transfer… Read more »
The Laughter Specialists are putting smiles back on the faces of poorly children at Colchester Hospital. Thanks to funding from the People’s Postcode Lottery, the team are able to visit our children’s unit and spread some joy to patients and their families going through difficult times in hospital. TV presenter Fiona Phillips visited our children’s… Read more »
Baby Remembrance Services will be held in Colchester and Ipswich during National Baby Loss Awareness Week. Families who have lost a baby during pregnancy or around the time of giving birth are invited to attend the services, led by the ESNEFT (East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust) chaplains. The services are being held on… Read more »
People in Suffolk and north Essex who are having difficulty conceiving a baby may be able to benefit from a new and less costly IVF (in vitro fertilisation) service. One in every six couples will experience difficulty conceiving. Paying for IVF may be an option for some, but not everyone can afford it. Pure IVF… Read more »
Patients who have had a suspected stroke can now be assessed by a specialist consultant in the comfort of their own home following the launch of a first-of-its-kind pilot which is using technology to improve care. The pioneering initiative allows specially-trained paramedics from the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) to use a… Read more »
Patients recovering from critical illness in Ipswich are to be helped back to health by people that were once seriously unwell themselves. Clinical staff at Ipswich Hospital have set up an ICUSteps group and are looking for former intensive care patients to join them and talk to recovering patients and their loved ones, as well… Read more »
Patients can be seen quicker and closer to home thanks to a new procedure that’s come to Ipswich Hospital’s Cardiology department for the first time. The team are now able to offer rotablation which allows clinicians to treat extremely calcified coronary arteries. David Bloore, Cardiology lead at Ipswich, said patients were previously sent to Papworth… Read more »
East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) is introducing a new way of describing food textures and fluid thicknesses to improve safety for patients with swallowing difficulties. From mid-October, standardised terminology will be phased in at Ipswich and Colchester hospitals, as well as across ESNEFT’s community health services. It will see ambiguous and sometimes… Read more »
A teaching aid which will help develop clinical skills and expand the pre-registration education curriculum at ESNEFT has arrived at Colchester Hospital. The pre-registration team received the world’s first Nursing Anne Simulator from Laerdal last week. It has been brought to the Trust to support student learning and practice, and also in preparation for changes… Read more »
Patients are benefiting from a £350,000 refurbishment of a Trauma Orthopaedic ward at Colchester Hospital after it was given a complete overhaul. Fordham Ward cares for patients 16 and over with bone and joint conditions. The brighter and more modern surroundings will make their hospital stay less stressful. Rossa Baker, senior matron for the Musculoskeletal… Read more »
People are being encouraged to sign up to save a life at Colchester Hospital next month. Resuscitation staff from Colchester and Ipswich hospitals want to teach 300 members of the public, young and old, basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills. The event at the site’s Iceni Centre will run between 8am and 6pm on Tuesday, 16… Read more »