Patients and visitors
For our latest visiting guidance, please view our visiting information page
Concerns about gynaecological and obstetrics appointments at Southend Hospital
There have been a number of concerns and enquiries raised with us about attending appointments with one of our consultants at Southend Hospital. Please be assured we always take the safety and safeguarding of our patients seriously. If you have any concerns about your appointment for gynaecology or obstetrics, please email mse.gandoenquiries@nhs.net for support and information.
Call for concern
Martha’s Rule (Call for Concern)
Martha’s Rule gives patients and their loved ones the right to request an urgent review if they have concerns about a patient’s deteriorating condition. We are in the process of rolling out Martha’s Rule across our adult inpatient wards. We will be trialling it across our paediatric inpatient wards during spring/summer 2025.
About Martha Mills
Martha Mills died aged 13 in 2021, after developing sepsis in hospital. She had been admitted with an injury to her pancreas after falling off her bike. Martha’s family’s concerns about her deteriorating condition were not responded to and, in 2023, a coroner ruled that Martha would probably have survived had she been moved to intensive care earlier.
Public announcements
If there's anything major that is happening at our hospitals that will affect the care that we deliver to our patients — the latest information will be published on our Public announcements page.
Patient transport services
To find out more information about patient transport and the support that you can get, please visit https://www.midandsouthessex.ics.nhs.uk/health/personalised-care/transport.