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Patients needing to see a respiratory specialist at Broomfield Hospital will now been seen more quickly, thanks to the introduction of an in-house Respiratory Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) team.

Patients will receive their scans more quickly and in more comfortable surroundings after a new facility opened at Basildon Hospital.

More space to treat patients is being made available in Southend Hospital’s Emergency Department. This will enable the hospital to provide seven extra major treatment spaces, including an improved waiting area, and a new location for the Urgent Treatment Centre.

A company founded by a consultant and innovation fellow at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust has been shortlisted as a Tech Champion by the Financial Times (FT).

Newborn babies taking their first steps into Christmas at Broomfield Hospital this Christmas Eve and Christmas Day will all receive a gift from the team on the ward. 

A woman who worked as a nurse for most of her life is hanging up her scrubs one final time after her last shift on Christmas Day at Southend Hospital.

Children and their families are receiving better care for sickle cell disease thanks to the efforts of hospitals in mid and south Essex.

Thurrock has been chosen as the first place in mid and south Essex to receive a Community Diagnostic Centre, which will be placed on the Thurrock Community Hospital site.

A dad from Chelmsford has raised over £5,300 for the baby bereavement suite at Broomfield Hospital, which gave the family precious time with their son, George, after he died.

Patients at Southend Hospital can expect a smoother and more active discharge home thanks to the opening of a new larger area for those preparing to leave.