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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. The meeting will look at how 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 »
The CQC report has highlighted outstanding areas of care in the Trust while recognising there are still some areas which require improvement and the Trust’s overall rating is ‘requires improvement’. The report has been welcomed by Helen Taylor, Chair, and Nick Hulme, Chief Executive. Ms Taylor said: “We welcome this highly detailed report which finds… Read more »
Young patients at Ipswich Hospital will be given the chance to use music to help them express themselves when a new music therapy service launches in January. The initiative will give children who are receiving care the chance to spend one day a week making music under the guidance of hospital staff and a therapist… Read more »
The Radiotherapy Department at Ipswich Hospital has been presented with a prestigious award for providing a warm, welcoming and high quality environment for patients receiving treatment for cancer. Staff at the unit have been presented with the Macmillan Quality Environment Mark following a rigorous assessment by Macmillan and a patient representative. They looked at a… Read more »
Work to build a £7million state-of-the-art specialist centre for diagnostic cardiac and radiology procedures will soon be underway at Colchester Hospital. Patients will be able to be treated more quickly in the new combined interventional radiology and cardiac angiography (IRCA) unit. Building work can now begin on the Turner Road site after planning permission was… Read more »
A consultant surgeon at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) has been presented with a prestigious national award in recognition of the contribution he has made to advancing medical practice of the ear, nose and throat (ENT). Matthew Yung, who is based at Ipswich Hospital, was awarded the Walter Jobson Horne Prize… Read more »
Patients having investigations for suspected bowel cancer at Ipswich or Colchester hospitals are now able to get a diagnosis or the all clear more quickly thanks to a new straight-to-test service. The service sees a team of four nurses assess urgent GP referrals over the phone before offering them a colonoscopy within seven days. Previously,… Read more »
A senior radiographer who helped set up Ipswich Hospital’s first CT service has spoken of the changes she has seen and the enjoyment she has taken from her career as she prepares to retire after nearly 40 years at the trust. Lynette Bulley began working at the hospital in January 1978 after completing her training… Read more »