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Please attend your appointments with us Some NHS services across the country are being affected by strike action. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has announced that our hospitals will be affected by nursing strikes from 8pm on Sunday (30 April) until midnight on Bank Holiday Monday (1 May) next week. Both our ESNEFT teams… Read more »
Moving from marketing to pharmacy isn’t an obvious career path, but one Kemi Mafo has made happen within just six months thanks to a new training academy at ESNEFT. Kemi was working as an online customer service agent at a marketing company in Colchester, but was interested in a complete career change. When she saw… Read more »
NHS Chief Executive Amanda Pritchard visited Ipswich Hospital on Friday to meet teams and officially open the new Breast Care Centre. The centre opened to patients earlier this year and the modern environment and equipment has transformed patient experience. Amanda met staff and fundraisers who helped the Colchester & Ipswich Hospitals Charity’s Blossom Appeal for… Read more »
Today we were extremely pleased to be able to welcome Prince William to Ipswich Hospital as part of an informal, private visit with the East of England Ambulance Service, where he met a number of staff in our emergency department.
Ipswich Hospital’s brand new state-of-the-art Breast Care Centre has today (Thursday 5 January) welcomed its first patients. The breast screening team was the first to begin using the multi-million pound facility, with the clinics and imaging department moving in over the next few weeks. The centre will transform the experience which patients have when… Read more »
Scrub nurse Rheza Rivas may have turned 70 but retiring is the last thing on her mind. A popular figure on the Ipswich Hospital Raedwald Day Surgery Unit and, before, in South Theatres, Rheza has no intention of leaving Suffolk and returning to her birthplace in the Philippines. She arrived at Ipswich Hospital in 2001… Read more »
You may have seen in the news that hospitals have been asked by NHS Blood & Transplant to protect blood stocks after supply levels dropped across the country. If you are coming to one of our hospitals, please make sure you attend your hospital appointment or operation date unless you hear from us to advise… Read more »
Three weeks ago life changed for teenager Fred. He suddenly fell ill, was admitted to Ipswich Hospital and lost his memories. But inspirational Fred has discovered a world of NHS friends in hospital and his story will warm your heart. The 16-year-old is a patient on the seventh floor and his room overlooks the building… Read more »
It’s World Diabetes Day on Sunday and healthcare teams across the world will be celebrating. Here are two stories of excellence in patient care as at ESNEFT. A ground-breaking initiative which saw an ESNEFT clinician bring together a group of diabetes experts to develop guidance to support patients with COVID-19 has received an award in… Read more »
There are going to be some changes to entrances at Ipswich Hospital. We are building a new south main entrance (entrance 2) and retail area followed by a new Emergency Department and Urgent Treatment Centre as part of a £23million project to improve services for patients. We are asking our patients and visitors to use… Read more »
Another operating theatre is opening at Ipswich Hospital to help reduce patient waiting lists for people across Suffolk and north east Essex. The theatre unit will be situated in an area of visitor car park F – please bear with us while we make some changes. The Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care System… Read more »
Building work to create a new main entrance and retail area at Ipswich Hospital starts early next month. We are creating a spacious and welcoming main entrance close to most of our wards. The selection of shops will be announced soon. From early next month (July 2021), work teams will be closing off the main… Read more »