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This Heart Failure Awareness Week, which runs from 1-7 May, local clinicians are shouting about the symptoms and the need for early identification to support better outcomes for patients.

Patients with cancer can recover much more quickly after local surgeons used pioneering robotic equipment to treat certain conditions for the first time.

Money raised by Orsett Golf Club is set to improve the lives of urology patients at Southend Hospital thanks to an £11,500 donation.

An 84-year-old woman is going to great lengths to say thank you to staff at Southend Hospital, by abseiling 154 feet down its tower block.

 

Two hospital teams, including one which has introduced a new system which makes it easier for patients to request and receive their medical records, have reached the final of a prestigious national awards.

People are being urged to support their local hospitals and to help keep patients safe by only coming to A&E departments if they need life-saving care during the junior doctors’ strike.

Hospital staff have been announced as finalists in their Trust’s annual awards ceremony, the Shine Awards.

Five decades of patient care at Basildon Hospital has been celebrated by staff during a special day of events, which included the burying of a time capsule.

Basildon Hospital, part of Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, celebrates 50 years of providing health services for the community.

Thanks to a donation of over 90 trees, patients, staff and visitors can expect greener spaces when they visit Southend and Broomfield hospitals.