The Emergency Department at Southend Hospital is being expanded and modernised as part of an ambitious £8 million scheme. The cash injection will see the department redesigned to meet the needs of residents now and in the future.
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A mum and daughter who were diagnosed with hereditary heart failure years apart have welcomed the introduction of a new regional service for patients with inherited cardiac conditions (ICC), which will help prolong lives.
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Sam Jayasekara has been appointed as a Mesothelioma UK Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) to provide nursing care and support for mesothelioma (asbestos-related cancer) patients in Essex. The post is funded by asbestos disease support charity, HASAG. Sam will be based at the Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford and will also cover Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust’s other general hospitals in Basildon and Southend.
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Two members of staff from Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust have received Southend City Jubilee and Queens Memorial Awards 2023.
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Patients needing to see a respiratory specialist at Broomfield Hospital will now been seen more quickly, thanks to the introduction of an in-house Respiratory Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) team.
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Patients will receive their scans more quickly and in more comfortable surroundings after a new facility opened at Basildon Hospital.
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More space to treat patients is being made available in Southend Hospital’s Emergency Department. This will enable the hospital to provide seven extra major treatment spaces, including an improved waiting area, and a new location for the Urgent Treatment Centre.
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A company founded by a consultant and innovation fellow at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust has been shortlisted as a Tech Champion by the Financial Times (FT).
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Newborn babies taking their first steps into Christmas at Broomfield Hospital this Christmas Eve and Christmas Day will all receive a gift from the team on the ward.
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A woman who worked as a nurse for most of her life is hanging up her scrubs one final time after her last shift on Christmas Day at Southend Hospital.
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