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The Care Quality Commission has today rated the newly-formed Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust as Requires Improvement, and the care provided as Good.

With the Omicron variant of Covid identified in Essex, hospitals are reinforcing the message that staff and visitors must continue to wear face coverings.

An MRI scanner suite at Southend Hospital has been renamed in memory of a former director of radiology who worked at the hospital for almost 30 years.

A new NHS blood testing clinic has opened up in a shopping centre in Essex, giving patients access to health services closer to home.

A newly qualified nurse, who started her career during the Covid pandemic on the critical care unit in Southend, has been nominated for an award for her hard work and determination.

Almost 100 people have signed up to a service that takes the stress out of looking for the right care and support at home.

A patient at Southend Hospital has become the 50^th to receive a specialist form of radiotherapy to help treat lung cancer, without the need for surgery.

Emergency department (ED) staff at Broomfield Hospital have been thanked for all their amazing hard work by MP Kemi Badenoch, after she saw how improvements in the department will help patients this winter.

Future cancer patients in Essex could get their diagnosis more quickly thanks to a new test which could help detect more than 50 types of cancer being trialled at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust.