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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.

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

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.

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

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

A patient’s 100^th Birthday was made special, thanks to the efforts of compassionate hospital staff.

More patients are reaping the benefits of a life-saving heart procedure, thanks to a new catheter lab opened at the world-renowned Essex Cardiothoracic Centre (CTC).

A UK-first virtual reality (VR) tool for doctors is helping train them to become more confident carrying out advanced and complicated procedures.

Hundreds of patients who need their heart rhythm monitored have been having it done remotely thanks to an app that is helping avoid regular trips to hospital.

Nurses with years of experience have been helping support and provide guidance to new nurses at Broomfield Hospital.

Patients are finding it easier to eat during mealtimes in hospital, thanks to new specialist cutlery.

Residents are invited to join a virtual information event which will share plans about the Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) being built at the St Michael’s Hospital site in Braintree.

The children’s nursery at Southend Hospital has been rated ’good’ in all areas in its latest Ofsted report.