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A programme helping local people gain work and skills in healthcare has won a regional award and is in the running for a national award after it was nominated by local Members of Parliament.

A mum from Southend has raised almost £20,000 to enable Southend Hospital to purchase a new paediatric transport ventilator.

Free bikes have been distributed to Basildon Hospital staff thanks to a programme offered by local councils working with the NHS.

Around 100 Southend Hospital volunteers enjoyed a slap-up lunch of sandwiches, tea and cake as a small way of the Trust saying thank you for all their efforts.

An £8 million scheme that will help increase the size of the Emergency Department (ED) at Southend Hospital and improve patient waiting times has had its first image unveiled.

A 75-year-old man, who survived cancer as a child and was inspired to become a consultant, is running the Southend Half Marathon this weekend (Sunday 11 June) for a Southend cancer appeal.

The Friends of Broomfield have donated 150 pairs of non-slip slippers to Broomfield Hospital’s Falls Team to hand out to wards with patients who are more likely to have falls. One in three people over 65 will have at least one fall a year.

Showcasing how Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust has been leading the way and helping make improvements for patients and visitors with learning disabilities, it has now been shortlisted for three awards in the prestigious National Learning Disability and Autism Awards.

The opening of a new cardiac catheter (cath) lab used to treat and diagnose patients with heart diseases means that over 200 extra patients will be seen a year at the world-renowned Essex Cardiothoracic Centre (CTC) at Basildon Hospital.

Stroke unit patients at Southend Hospital are set to benefit from the latest donation made by Essex County Bowls Club, from Westcliff.