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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.

Essex heart patients are the first in the country to benefit from new wearable technology used by hospital staff in a revolutionary procedure.

Lives of patients suffering Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrests could be saved thanks to a new pilot scheme being trialed across Essex jointly by ambulances, air ambulances and a specialist heart centre.

A volunteer who has been helping feed hospital patients for the last 10 years is now passing on his skills and experience to the next generation, who are encouraging vulnerable and elderly patients to eat at mealtimes.