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    We actively encourage women to choose when and where they have their babies to suit their individual needs.

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Organ Donation 2
Mum unable to save daughter, but organ donation promise meant they both saved other people

A mum from Thurrock made a special promise to her dying daughter after she was unable to donate her kidney to save her child, because she wasn’t a match. ...

School Big Band Raises Big Funds for Children’s Ward
School Big Band raises big funds for children’s ward

A group of young musicians have helped raise hundreds of pounds for a children’s ward at a hospital, thanks to their compassionate act....

Walk For Wards 2023
Walk For Wards fundraiser hoping to step through the £10,000 barrier

Over 150 fundraisers gathered along Southend seafront at the weekend to raise money for a Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust ward or department of their choice....

Organ donation week 2023
How talking about organ donation with your family will save lives

This week is Organ Donation Week (September 18-24) and according to the NHS Blood and Transplant Service, more than 7,000 people in the UK are currently waiting for an organ transplant....

Teen raises hundreds for hospital that helped mums’s cancer treatment
Teen raises hundreds for hospital that helped mums’s cancer treatment

A teenager from Stanford-le-Hope is walking tall after completing a 100-mile walk, raising over £600 to say thanks to Southend Hospital for the care they gave his mum during her cancer treatment...

Nurse-led team that helps patients leave hospital sooner marks milestone
Nurse-led team that helps patients leave hospital sooner marks milestone

A team of nurses who support earlier discharge from hospital for those having heart issues have celebrated after helping their 500th patient....

Surgeons using latest robot to treat local cancer patients
Surgeons using latest robot to treat local cancer patients

Cancer patients are set to benefit from the very latest in robot-assisted surgery after the arrival of a second machine at Southend Hospital....

Last chance to join Walk For Wards
Last chance to join Walk For Wards

Step this way to join over 150 people taking part in the annual Walk For Wards fundraising event for Mid and South Essex Hospitals Charity, in support of Southend, Basildon and Broomfield hospitals....

Nurse training programme recognised with national award
Nurse training programme recognised with national award

A programme that prepares new and internationally educated nurses to work in hospital has won national recognition....

Hospital’s excellent care and support recognised by UNICEF
Hospital’s excellent care and support recognised by UNICEF

Extraordinary standards of care and support to new parents, particularly with breastfeeding, have been recognised at Broomfield Hospital by UNICEF....