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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.

A heart attack patient now hopes to see his six-year-old son grow up after a hospital team saved his life.

Anxious X-ray patients are being helped to relax thanks to a new machine that uses lights, soothing sounds, and distraction techniques.

The portable sensory machine at Southend Hospital is being used by young patients with autism and elderly patients who may have dementia, and has been making a real difference in keeping them calm so radiographers can get the perfect x-ray.

A team of midwives have won a prestigious Royal College of Midwives award for their excellence in bereavement care.