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Almost 200 people helped raise £20,000 at the weekend for the Spotlight Radiotherapy Appeal, thanks to a stunning charity ball held at The Boundary, Garons Park.

Patients are already seeing the benefits of the renovated Canvey Island Primary Care Centre, which celebrated its official opening this month.

Patients receiving heart care are spending less time in hospital thanks to the work of two specialist nurses.

A team of maternity staff have won a regional award for their extraordinary care for a mum and her twin new-borns during their complicated birth.

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. 

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

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.

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.

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.

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