A hospital is like a mini-city, and within its walls and wards across Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, a group of 16-dedicated Chaplains, and their team of almost 40 volunteers, help its community of patients, staff, family and visitors each day.
Read Chaplain team help spread care and conversation for patients…
National Apprenticeship Week 2023 (6-12 February) is about showcasing some of the great apprenticeship pathway opportunities available to employees and recognising the hard work of apprentices.
Read Over 450 apprentices are embracing employment opportunities at mid and south Essex Hospitals…
Patients are being put through their paces in a new programme to help them prepare for major surgery at local hospitals.
Read New machine helping patients work up a sweat before surgery…
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.
Read Major modernisation and expansion of Southend Hospital Emergency Department…
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.
Read New service will help extend lives of families with hereditary heart issues…
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.
Read New Clinical Nurse Specialist appointed to support asbestos-related cancer patients in Essex…
Two members of staff from Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust have received Southend City Jubilee and Queens Memorial Awards 2023.
Read Hospital staff awarded for improving lives of patients with learning disabilities…
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.
Read First in-house Respiratory team will help reduce hospital stay and readmissions…
Patients will receive their scans more quickly and in more comfortable surroundings after a new facility opened at Basildon Hospital.
Read Patients to benefit from new scanners at Basildon Hospital…
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.
Read Changes and expansion at Southend’s Emergency Department…