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A hospital porter who learned to walk again after a life‑changing accident is tackling the Manchester Marathon to raise funds for Southend Hospital.

A £90,000 refurbishment means cancer patients who need to stay in isolation, following radiation treatment, are now able to recover in a brighter and more comfortable space.

Southend’s new Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) was officially opened yesterday and is already bringing faster care to patients in an easy to access, central location.

Help is on hand all in one place for patients, visitors and hospital staff to find the community services they need as they leave hospital thanks to a new support hub.

A high-spec portable ventilator is improving the lives of seriously ill patients at Southend Hospital.

School children were ‘planting for patients’ at the site of Braintree’s new Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) today. They were helping to plant trees and learn how local people will benefit when the centre opens this summer.

Charity donations have paid for a toiletry cupboard benefiting patients at Broomfield Hospital.

Pizza nights are on the menu for a special treat on children’s wards at Basildon Hospital. 

A couple who suffered baby loss have used that tragedy to raise over £20,000 and help make a difference to other families in the same position.

A group is celebrating a decade of helping former patients who have used intensive care unit (ICU) or high dependency units (HDU) at Broomfield Hospital.