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As this week is International Nurses’ Day (May 12), we caught up with one of Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust’s 31 new specialist intensive care nurses from India, who is helping treat the sickest patients in critical care.

International Nurses’ Day takes place every year on May 12, marking the birth date of Florence Nightingale, and is a celebration of all things nursing.

The ground floor of a new building at Southend Hospital has opened to patients, helping ensure they get fast-tracked to the right specialist care.

The Lions Club of Southend-on-Sea are helping make a real difference by donating 50 care packages of toiletries for cancer patients at Southend Hospital.

Got a car, some free time and want to help others? Volunteer drivers are being sought to make a big difference to Essex hospital patients who are less mobile by driving them to their hospital appointments.

A restful garden space with seating for staff to visit, and give them a quiet area to remember colleagues and friends, has been opened at Broomfield Hospital.

Three midwives from Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust have come together this International Day of the Midwife (May 5) to give an insight into their careers and how they have ‘delivered’ in their roles during the pandemic.

A cherry tree has been planted at each of the three main Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust hospital sites to remember Captain Sir Tom Moore, on what would have been his 101^st birthday (Friday 30 April).

Radiotherapy team given award for “excellent teaching”.

Infection control across local hospitals gets the thumbs up from health watchdog.