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A new chemotherapy treatment centre at Broomfield Hospital has been called “fantastic” by local MP Vicky Ford.

Two local men will be dressing up as Ghostbusters to take part in Walk For Wards, raising money for local hospitals this Sunday (19 September).

Cadgers, a support group for people with urological cancers, has received £1,000 in funding from Royal Arch Freemasons in Southend.

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.