Hospital archive resources
Colchester Hospital’s new state-of-the-art cancer centre will continue to take shape next week. As part of the construction of the Collingwood Centre, more steel work will be craned into position on the site in the coming days. The project has been funded with thanks to the Cancer Centre Campaign, a £3.25million appeal run by the… Read more »
Your votes in Tesco supermarkets are needed to help launch a new project which aims to get patients up and moving while they are in hospital. The Occupational Therapy team at Colchester Hospital hopes Recovery Through Activity will help patients get involved in meaningful pastimes as they recover in hospital. The activities have been planned… 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, 25 March is aimed at cancer patients, and carers, who… Read more »
Young patients can now find out what it is like to have an operation at Ipswich Hospital from the comfort of their own home thanks to a new app designed to help them overcome nerves before coming in for surgery. “Little Journey” gives children and their parents or carers the chance to prepare for surgery… Read more »
A significant milestone in the construction of Colchester Hospital’s new cancer centre will be reached in the coming days. Steel work, which will form the first phase of the structure of the Collingwood Centre, will be craned into position over the weekend. Stroods Specialist Contractors will be on site from 7.30am to 4pm on Saturday and… Read more »
ESNEFT’s virtual robots are helping to reduce the number of wasted outpatient appointments. Technology is now being used to cancel appointments automatically in our patient records system. All outpatients are sent a text which gives them the option to cancel their appointment. Now, a virtual worker – you can’t physically see it – is notified… Read more »
Work to replace the narrow blue footbridge at the front of Colchester Hospital is due to begin on Monday, 4 February. It is part of the wider, multi-million plan to transform and extend the main entrance of the hospital. David Cohen, capital project manager at Colchester Hospital, said: “The existing bridge is cramped and… Read more »
Ipswich Hospital patients can now return items such as walking sticks, crutches and shower chairs to on-site recycling containers. The containers can be found at the entrances to the hospital’s South and Main Outpatients receptions and are provided by Medequip as an alternative to their home collection service. They are designed to encourage people to… Read more »
Five fundraisers have been lacing up their training shoes to prepare for April’s London Marathon in aid of our hospitals’ charity. Find out what’s inspired them… Mandy is head of the Colchester & Ipswich Hospitals Charity and is fundraising for the Ipswich Hospital Children’s Appeal (see panel below). She said: “No one is more surprised… Read more »
Colchester Hospital plans to spend £7 million to improve and replace old facilities. If the planning application is approved, cardiac patients will get faster treatment in a more modern environment. The planning application is to demolish the bed store to make room for a two-storey unit. This is between the main building and the restaurant… Read more »
ESNEFT chaplains and their dedicated team support our patients, their families, and our staff and volunteers at any stage of their life, talking and listening to people from all walks of life to meet their spiritual needs. Lead chaplain Allison Cline-Dean, said: “We will always be there for a patient who is dying and… Read more »
Potential surgeons of the future have been discovering what goes on in an operating theatre and the many roles that exist to make surgery a success for patients. A series of masterclasses at the Iceni Centre, based on the Colchester Hospital site, are giving Year 9 pupils from schools in north Essex a unique… Read more »