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Thurrock is one step closer to faster, more accessible healthcare with Jen Craft MP and James McMurdock MP, laying the final bricks in the area’s warmly anticipated Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC), due to open this summer.

A new app has been launched that will support people across Essex, Norfolk and Hertfordshire after seeing someone suffer an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).

A member of staff from Broomfield Hospital is swapping scrubs for shorts by running in the TCS London Marathon on Sunday 27 April.

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

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 locally.

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

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.

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.

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

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