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Basildon to the future – looking back on 50 years of Basildon Hospital
Basildon Hospital, part of Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, celebrates 50 years of providing health services for the community....
Tree-mendous planting scheme will see more greenery at hospitals
Thanks to a donation of over 90 trees, patients, staff and visitors can expect greener spaces when they visit Southend and Broomfield hospitals....
UK’s first remotely supported heart valve procedure carried out in Essex with patients set to benefit
Essex heart patients are the first in the country to benefit from new wearable technology used by hospital staff in a revolutionary procedure....
Essex cardiac arrest survival rates set to improve thanks to new pilot scheme
Lives of patients suffering Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrests could be saved thanks to a new pilot scheme being trialed across Essex jointly by ambulances, air ambulances and a specialist heart centre....
Volunteering to feed patients is ‘Buddy’ brilliant
A volunteer who has been helping feed hospital patients for the last 10 years is now passing on his skills and experience to the next generation, who are encouraging vulnerable and elderly patients to...
New CEO of Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust appointed
Matthew Hopkins has been appointed as Chief Executive of Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust....
Next ‘leg’ of recovery much quicker for coronary heart disease patients - thanks to new pilot scheme
Patient recovery times for heart patients are improving thanks to a less invasive way of moving veins from a patient’s leg to their heart....
Fundraisers use their ‘head’ to improve care for patients who have difficulty swallowing
A head and throat-shaped training model, designed to help improve care for patients at Broomfield Hospital who have problems swallowing, has been kindly donated by the Friends of Broomfield....
IT glitch fixed
An IT glitch - which meant some letters sent electronically to GPs from local hospitals were never received – has been fixed....
Ambulance handover improvements at Southend Hospital’s Emergency Department
Information just released shows that ambulance handover times at Southend Hospital’s emergency department have improved by 300 per cent in four months....