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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.

Residents in Southend are set to benefit from a new health centre offering diagnostic tests and scans closer to home.

Following the Government’s announcement of funding for a Community Diagnostic Centre in Pitsea, engagement events have been organised at The Place, to help the public find out more about the proposed Community Diagnostic Centre plans.

Stacey James, 36, from Southend, has been working as a Healthcare Assistant (HCA) for the last four years and the former hairdresser has given new meaning to caring with style.

Burns and plastics patients at Broomfield Hospital enjoyed a host of specially designed activities as part of a sports day to help in their recovery and movement.

Last night (Monday 31 July), BBC’s The One Show (BBC One, weekdays, 7pm) featured actress Michelle Collins visiting dermatologists at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust to see how they are helping spot skin cancer more quickly by using tele-dermatology.

A new pharmacy has opened at Basildon Hospital, providing a seven-day service to patients in a larger, modern, and more welcoming unit.