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An appeal launched with the goal of improving the lives of cancer patients, by providing the latest in radiotherapy facilities at Southend Hospital, has smashed its original target as it celebrates its official fundraising campaign closure. 

Almost 1,500 extra procedures a year will now be offered at Braintree Community Hospital, following the opening of a new £1.3 million procedure room, which doubles the hospital’s current capacity for orthopaedic care.

A Hockley woman took on the Brighton Marathon to raise almost £2,000 for the stroke rehabilitation unit at Southend Hospital. 

Filmmakers from Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) have created a heartwarming video to make visits to Broomfield Hospital less daunting for young people.

The lives of patients undergoing complex lung procedures at the world-renowned Essex Cardiothoracic Centre (CTC) are being improved thanks to almost £4,000 from charitable funds. 

A husband, whose wife was diagnosed with cancer, has raised over £13,500 for the Spotlight Radiotherapy Appeal at Southend Hospital after running this year’s Southend Half Marathon.

Staff from Broomfield Hospital and Southend Hospital will soon be seen on Netflix in a new factual TV series that puts a spotlight on the London Major Trauma System, its patients, and the professionals working to save lives.

The delivery of a baby in the maternity theatre was a real unique family affair, after a healthy baby was delivered by caesarean section and welcomed into the world – by a mother-daughter surgical team.

A doctor is celebrating a five-decade career spanning medical work in both the RAF and – for the last 30 years – improving the lives of patients and training the next generation of doctors at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford.

A new neonatal transport incubator, worth over £47,000, is now helping reduce the risk of complications for premature or seriously ill babies in hospital.