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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.

    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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    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

Trust Newsroom

New high-tech machine offers ‘better patient experience’
New high-tech machine offers ‘better patient experience’

Patients are benefiting from quicker procedures and no longer need to travel for specialist treatment, thanks to new state-of-the-art equipment. ...

Milestone for online portal giving easy access to hospital results
Milestone for online portal giving easy access to hospital results

Patients using hospital services are being encouraged to sign up for a secure online portal that lets them see certain information and test results, and join more than 200,000 others registered locall...

Eggs-cellent community kindness brings Easter to patients
Eggs-cellent community kindness brings Easter to patients

Many patients spending time in hospital over the Easter weekend will wake up to a sweet surprise....

Running shorts raising money in memory of baby daughter
Running shorts raising money in memory of baby daughter

A couple whose daughter died at six days old are giving back to those who supported them at Southend Hospital by launching a special pair of running shorts....

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Healthcare app improving patient care reaches finals for two national awards

An app that helps hospital staff to access and share vital information, supporting quality patient care, and could save them up to 55,000 hours of time, has reached the finals of a national award....

Kitchen appliances and cake donated to Renal unit
Kitchen appliances and cake donated to Renal unit

A dishwasher, fridge, tea pots and some scrummy madeira cake have all been kindly donated to the Renal unit at Southend Hospital....

Ayse Casey and Jo Palmer look at drawings for the new procedure room at braintree Hospital
Thousands of patients to get faster treatment

Almost 3,000 extra procedures a year will be offered to patients thanks to a brand-new procedure room opening at Braintree Community Hospital, doubling its current offer. ...

Spotting HIV and hepatitis early will save lives
Spotting HIV and hepatitis early will save lives

Adult patients coming in for Emergency Department treatment needing blood tests are now automatically being screened for bloodborne viruses like hepatitis B and C, as well as HIV, getting patients hel...

New service improves diagnoses waits for cancer patients
New service improves diagnoses waits for cancer patients

March is prostate cancer awareness month and a service for patients with urological cancers - including prostate cancer, kidney cancer, bladder cancer and testicular cancer - is speeding up diagnoses,...

Virtual care reduces hospital stays and wins national award
Virtual care reduces hospital stays and wins national award

Heart nurses are celebrating winning national recognition for an innovative virtual ward, which is the first of its kind in the East of England....