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Cancer patients at Southend Hospital are amongst the first in the country to benefit from a new state-of-the-art scanner.

A midwifery team has won two prestigious regional awards for the care they have given to pregnant women and new mums.

A series of very special tree planting ceremonies have taken place across Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust to help commemorate the Queen’s 70 years on the throne.

A new biodiversity garden has been created at Broomfield Hospital with the help of a local school.

Young people are being given a chance to kickstart their careers thanks to a programme taking place in hospitals in mid and south Essex.

Cancer patients have been attending virtual health and wellbeing events, sharing their experiences and getting helpful advice from clinicians.

A five-year-old girl has celebrated completing her 63rd and final chemotherapy session by giving the ward where she received her care a bell for other patients to ring.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded £166,800 to use digital technologies to improve productivity over the next year. 

A couple from Great Wakering have donated more than £5,000 to a hospital baby loss suite that helped them when their baby died last year

Brave souls are hoping to have raised £25,000 for hospital wards and units by abseiling 154 feet down the tower block at Southend Hospital.