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State-of-the-art manikins are the centre piece of a new simulation suite at Basildon Hospital that will lead to improvement in patient care by helping doctors better train for a range of medical situations.

A new online system for our patients, to give them and the people involved in their care easier, secure access to their health records, has been launched. Called Patients Know Best (PKB), it can be accessed via the NHS App using your NHS login, or through the online portal using any web browser, on any device.

Life-saving monitoring equipment for pre-term babies has been made available, following a donation of £38,380 from a charity set up by a mum and dad who lost their son, aged just 91 days old.

This week (9-15 October) is Baby Loss Awareness Week and a father has raised thousands of pounds for a space which offers privacy and dignity to grieving families in hospital who suffer the loss of a baby.

Patients across mid and south Essex who have had surgery for breast cancer can now order specially fitted bras and swimwear, thanks a new service at Southend Hospital.

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.