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A new app has been launched for 400 patients to monitor their hearts for palpitations and murmurs, which can cause strokes and heart attacks.

An innovative machine costing over £25,000 is helping stroke and critical care patients by diagnosing their swallowing problems quicker than ever at Southend Hospital.

A trainee nurse has been given a Pride of Essex Award in recognition of the thousands of donations she has helped arrange for colleagues during Covid.

A family from Broomfield have praised a team of midwives for the excellent care they have given them during the birth of their first child.

The founder of a charity that has raised over £100,000 for cancer care at Southend Hospital in the last nine years has added another £5,000 to the pot after a successful charity evening.

Hospital staff were celebrated in style at a Trust’s first ever awards ceremony, highlighting their extraordinary efforts during the pandemic.

The Care Quality Commission has today rated the newly-formed Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust as Requires Improvement, and the care provided as Good.

With the Omicron variant of Covid identified in Essex, hospitals are reinforcing the message that staff and visitors must continue to wear face coverings.

An MRI scanner suite at Southend Hospital has been renamed in memory of a former director of radiology who worked at the hospital for almost 30 years.

A new NHS blood testing clinic has opened up in a shopping centre in Essex, giving patients access to health services closer to home.