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From toddlers in pushchairs to residents with walking aids, eventers of all ages took to Southend’s seafront on Sunday for the annual fundraising event – Walk for Wards.

A new £1.3 million procedure room, which is the only accredited elective orthopaedic centre in the East of England, has officially opened at Braintree Community Hospital, doubling the number of patients that can be seen for orthopaedic care.

Work is well underway on the new Braintree Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC), with major construction milestones already achieved.

The home of Southend’s brand-new NHS Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) has been announced as being in the former Argos unit in the Victoria Shopping Centre.

Hospital staff delivering excellent care and improvements for patients have been celebrated at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust’s annual awards ceremony.

More new and expectant mums and birthing people are now finding it easier to access free NHS prescriptions and potentially save hundreds of pounds.

Ahead of the first-ever World Radiotherapy Awareness Day (WRAD) on Sunday 7 September, Southend Hospital is shining a spotlight on the life-saving impact of its radiotherapy services for cancer patients.

A mum from Rayleigh, who was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer, is taking part in Mid and South Essex Hospital Charity’s Walk for Wards, to thank the staff in Southend Hospital’s Chemotherapy unit for her life-saving care.

Honey is being used to help new mums who have had perineal tears recover after childbirth.

Hospitals are ‘charging’ ahead with a new scheme which will save energy and money after being awarded over £41,000 to install 10 electrical chargepoints for its vehicles.