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A patient who spent 14 weeks in hospital with Covid has donated two digital tablets to the critical care unit at Basildon Hospital.

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

A nurse who stepped away from the profession 20 years ago is back on the wards thanks to a new scheme.

A man who had his leg amputated ten years ago has been sharing his story with those about to have similar operations.

Long hospital visits have become a thing of the past for a group of Essex kidney dialysis patients, who started to receive their treatment at home during the Covid-19 pandemic.

A group of 45 overseas nurses have celebrated passing their exams to work for the NHS.

The nurses joined the critical care units at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, which covers Basildon, Southend and Broomfield hospitals, in January this year.

Two paintings by an amateur artist have been donated to a ward at Basildon Hospital, in recognition of the care he received.

A kind donation from a renal unit patient has meant the team at Broomfield Hospital have been able to buy a brand new training arm.

A seven-year-old girl had a ‘blast’, writing a book about a friendly volcano, and has raised hundreds of pounds for charity.

An app that has helped thousands of pregnant women stay in touch with midwives during the pandemic is celebrating its second birthday this month.