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Patient recovery times for heart patients are improving thanks to a less invasive way of moving veins from a patient’s leg to their heart.

A head and throat-shaped training model, designed to help improve care for patients at Broomfield Hospital who have problems swallowing, has been kindly donated by the Friends of Broomfield.

An IT glitch - which meant some letters sent electronically to GPs from local hospitals were never received – has been fixed.

Information just released shows that ambulance handover times at Southend Hospital’s emergency department have improved by 300 per cent in four months.

A key challenge for discharging patients from hospital before 3pm is the provision of medication for them to take home from the pharmacy.

The next generation of pharmacists are among the first to use cutting-edge technology as they prepare for work in local hospitals.

The world-renowned Essex Cardiothoracic Centre (CTC) has received £2.3 million in national funding to support increasing the numbers of patients it can see.

A new major fundraising campaign to buy state-of-the-art radiotherapy equipment for treating cancer patients across mid and south Essex was launched on Thursday 23 February.

A team based at the world-renowned Essex Cardiothoracic Centre (CTC) at Basildon Hospital, have been recognised by an official body for the high-quality care they provide to patients.   

New and more effective machines are set to improve cancer care for patients after Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust successfully secured £3.7 million to support cancer services.