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Babies born prematurely needing specialist care will benefit from a £9,450 donation by a couple whose baby was born 13 weeks early.

This week (9-15 March) is Healthcare Science Week and an opportunity to raise the profile of the Medical Equipment Management Services (MEMS), who are the unseen heroes of keeping patient care running.

Our hospitals are using genetic testing in cancer patients to target treatments and find families who may have a higher risk of developing cancer.

In a major boost for local healthcare, Southend’s new Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) has welcomed its first patients. 

Dedicated staff at Southend Hospital are frying high after being given £2,000 in food vouchers by a local chippy.

Thrill-seeking fundraisers with a head for heights are invited to abseil 154 feet down Southend Hospital’s iconic tower block.

Know an individual or team at your local hospital who deserves recognition for delivering exceptional care to you, a loved one or a friend? Now’s your chance to celebrate them.

Two cancer patients, featured in a new Channel 5 TV series The Surgeon, have expressed huge thanks to their breast surgeon ahead of their episode being screened tomorrow.

Hospitals are ‘switched on’ to environmentally friendly improvements after they were awarded £9.2m to help reduce energy use.

An employment programme is celebrating its first successes in helping people find jobs in the NHS.