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Cutting waiting times from months to days is making a real difference for hundreds of Essex heart patients, and now the healthcare specialist behind it has been shortlisted for a national award.

A pioneering Burns Bus is continuing to give life‑changing care across Essex, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and London for hundreds of patients, after securing funding for a second year.

Digital innovation that’s saving up to five days of waiting for Essex cancer patients has been highly commended at a national awards event.

Today is Clinical Trials Day (Wednesday 20 May), which is an opportunity to put a spotlight on research trials helping to improve care and make a difference to patients across Southend, Basildon and Broomfield hospitals.

Construction of the brand‑new Pitsea Community Diagnostic Centre has reached an exciting milestone, as the installation of the modular buildings gets underway. 

Over 50 brave fundraisers took on Southend Hospital’s tower block over the weekend, raising an expected £25,000 to support local hospitals.

Family and friends from Benfleet-based charity George’s Windmills have delivered three sensory bubble trolleys to hospitals across Essex, following their donation of £14,490.

Today (Tuesday 12 May) is International Nurses’ Day and with over 5,000 nurses working across Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust within every specialty, they represent a third of the workforce.

In its first year, a pioneering Essex support service has helped more than 260 bystanders who saw over 200 out of hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA).

A Southend-based choir has helped improve care for seriously ill newborns through its concerts which are funding new equipment for Southend Hospital’s Neonatal Unit.