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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.

Patients with a serious heart problem have seen a dramatic reduction in waiting times, cutting diagnosis to specialist review from 81 days to a single day.

Babies born prematurely needing specialist care will benefit from a £9,450 donation by a couple whose baby was born 13 weeks early.

This week (9-15 March) is Healthcare Science Week and an opportunity to raise the profile of the Medical Equipment Management Services (MEMS), who are the unseen heroes of keeping patient care running.

Our hospitals are using genetic testing in cancer patients to target treatments and find families who may have a higher risk of developing cancer.

In a major boost for local healthcare, Southend’s new Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) has welcomed its first patients. 

Dedicated staff at Southend Hospital are frying high after being given £2,000 in food vouchers by a local chippy.

Thrill-seeking fundraisers with a head for heights are invited to abseil 154 feet down Southend Hospital’s iconic tower block.

Know an individual or team at your local hospital who deserves recognition for delivering exceptional care to you, a loved one or a friend? Now’s your chance to celebrate them.

Two cancer patients, featured in a new Channel 5 TV series The Surgeon, have expressed huge thanks to their breast surgeon ahead of their episode being screened tomorrow.

Hospitals are ‘switched on’ to environmentally friendly improvements after they were awarded £9.2m to help reduce energy use.

An employment programme is celebrating its first successes in helping people find jobs in the NHS.

A breast surgeon has revealed what life is like behind the mask, after cameras followed her at work and home, for a new national television documentary. 

A resident doctor at the world‑renowned Essex Cardiothoracic Centre (CTC) has earned national recognition for his presentation on heart muscle disease.

A grateful former burns patient has donated a brand-new PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and games to Broomfield Hospital’s Children’s Burns ward, inspired by the amazing care he received.