January's Press Releases
30th January 2008
The first ever nationwide Patient's Award is launched today by the UK's best-selling nursing journal, Nursing Standard
Has a nurse, midwife, health visitor or healthcare assistant made a real difference to you or a loved one? That is the question being asked for the first time across the UK by weekly nursing journal Nursing Standard.
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29th January 2008
Public invited to take part in quiz night to support bowel cancer charity
Quiz-crazy hospital staff are organising a fundraising night in Colchester next month (Feb) to raise funds for a bowel cancer charity as part of its "BE LOUD!" campaign.
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28th January 2008
Southend surgeon to be first guest speaker of 2008
A consultant urological surgeon will be the guest speaker when the North East Essex Prostate Cancer Support Group meets in Colchester next week (Feb 6)
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28th January 2008
Membership blitz launched by Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust
A campaign asking people to become a member of their local hospital has yielded more than 1300 expressions of interest, but the hospital Trust running the campaign still wants more of the public to sign up
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28th January 2008
Forrest Gump-inspired teenager raises £600 for baby unit
A sports-mad teenager is to present Colchester's Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) with £600 he raised by running 100 miles in just 35 hours.
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28th January 2008
Specialist "keyhole surgery" nurse swaps operating theatre for Everest
A Colchester nurse is preparing to trek to the tallest mountain in the world in a bid to raise £2,000 for a bowel cancer charity.
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25th January 2008
Trust's maternity services praised by independent health watchdog
Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust is one of the "better performing" trusts at providing maternity services, according to a review published today (Fri) by the independent watchdog for healthcare in England.
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14th January 2008
First CRY clinic of the year
The first heart screening clinic of 2008 for teenagers and young adults at Colchester General Hospital will take place early next month (Feb).
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3rd January 2008
The Department of Health has recommended our Trust is put forward for consideration by Monitor
As announced just before Christmas, the Department of Health has recommended our Trust is put forward for consideration by Monitor, the independent regulator of FTs, for consideration of final approval to become an NHS Foundation Trust.
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