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    Cancer services

    If you are worried about cancer and want to understand more including what treatments we offer, we've got you covered.  

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    Cancer services

    If you are worried about cancer and want to understand more including what treatments we offer, we've got you covered.  

    Read more about our services.

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    Our strategy

    We're pleased to have launched our organisational 10-year strategy.

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    https://www.mse.nhs.uk/about-us

    Our strategy

    We're pleased to have launched our organisational 10-year strategy.

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    St Andrew's Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns

    We are a a leading specialist facility for plastic surgery and burns based at Broomfield Hospital

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    St Andrew's Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns

    We are a a leading specialist facility for plastic surgery and burns based at Broomfield Hospital

    Read more about our services.

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    New 0300 telephone numbers

    To improve our telephone systems at our Trust, services will gradually move to new telephone numbers starting with the prefix of 0300 443.

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    Our services will gradually move to new telephone numbers starting with the prefix of 0300 443

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    Broomfield Hospital
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    Basildon University Hospital
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    Southend University Hospital
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    Other locations and sites

Excellent, Compassionate, Respectful

We provide a huge range of clinical services and care for a population of over 1.2 million people in central and south Essex.
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    Have your say...

    If you're interested in making decisions about how your local healthcare services are run, please tell us your thoughts.
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    Outpatient appointments

    Information for you when you have an outpatient appointment at one of our mid and south Essex hospitals.
  3. Digital Services
    Patient systems

    Our digital systems aim to improve the way we communicate with you and gives you quick and easy access to care that you need.

Trust Newsroom

Thousands of hospital patients to be delivered presents on Christmas Day
Thousands of hospital patients to be delivered presents on Christmas Day

Patients in hospital on Christmas Day will get a festive boost, thanks to the delivery of 3,000 gifts....

Hospital staff working Christmas Day delivered hampers full of thanks
Hospital staff working Christmas Day delivered hampers full of thanks

Almost 300 Christmas hampers have been delivered to hospital staff who will be working on Christmas Day, in recognition of their dedication. ...

Mid and South Essex Foundation Trust: The year in review
Mid and South Essex Foundation Trust: The year in review

From cutting-edge cancer technology to life-saving neonatal equipment, a UK first Burns Bus and the opening of the Trust’s first Community Diagnostic Centre in Thurrock, 2025 has been a year of ...

Bringing festive joy to children in hospital
Bringing festive joy to children in hospital

Christmas activities are helping deliver some well-deserved cheer to young hospital patients at what can be a particularly difficult time for them....

New ward at Broomfield Hospital helping to ease pressure on trauma services
New ward at Broomfield Hospital helping to ease pressure on trauma services

A new ward for patients needing orthopaedic surgery has opened at Broomfield Hospital and is also helping to reduce delays....

Reopened theatres helping to improve patient wait times
Reopened theatres helping to improve patient wait times

Two newly upgraded orthopaedic operating theatres are helping shorten the time patients are waiting for surgery....

Cutting carbon, saving money, improving care – Trust demonstrates digital transformation in action
Cutting carbon, saving money, improving care – Trust demonstrates digital transformation in action

Paper is out and digital is in for one NHS trust that is proving that small changes can deliver big benefits....

James McMurdock MP (left) and James Currell, Acting Divisional Director Clinical Support Services (right) at the site of Pitsea CDC
Work begins on major project to benefit the people of Pitsea

Today marked an important step for Pitsea with a breaking ground ceremony on a building which will be home to a brand-new Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC), activity space and library. The event was c...

Festive lights shine bright at local hospitals
Festive lights shine bright at local hospitals

Christmas sparkles have returned to Basildon, Southend and Broomfield hospitals, where young patients took centre stage to switch on the tree lights....

Richard Hobden seeing Basildon Hospital NICU staff members use the training manikin
Charity funding for training equipment to improve care for premature babies

A family has raised over £33,000 to help care for critically ill babies at Basildon Hospital....