This month's Press Releases

26th February 2010
Health promotion events in Colchester and Tendring
Members of the public are being invited to free health promotion events next month (March) in Colchester, Dovercourt and Clacton.
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26th February 2010
Transfer of services would be a "positive development for patients"
The NHS trust that runs Essex County Hospital today (Thurs) agreed in principle to transfer its acute services to Colchester General Hospital.
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25th February 2010
Public invited to meeting of Trust Members' Council
The Members' Council of Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust will meet in public next week (Thurs 4 March).
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25th February 2010
Survey highlights progress in outpatient care and treatment
Nineteen out of 20 outpatients (94.8%) at Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust rated the overall care they received as "excellent", "very good" or "good", according to a survey published today (Thurs).
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24th February 2010
Year 11 cyclists help to give teenagers a good name!
Teenage cyclists determined to do something to give adolescents a good name have raised £200 to benefit patients at the Breast Unit at Essex County Hospital.
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22nd February 2010
Work begins on world-class laparoscopic centre in Colchester
Work has begun on a £2m project to build a world-class training and research and development centre for laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery in Colchester.
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22nd February 2010
Public invited to attend board of directors meeting
Members of the public are invited to attend the February meeting of the board of directors of the NHS trust that runs Colchester General Hospital and Essex County Hospital.
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22nd February 2010
Public event in Colchester to mark Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month is being marked in Colchester next week (3 March) with a "Prostate Awareness Evening" at Essex County Hospital.
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17th February 2010
A "flagship hospital" for paediatric training
Paediatric training provided at Colchester General Hospital for junior doctors has been highly praised by academics following a review.
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12th February 2010
Cashpoint machine for Colchester General Hospital
A cashpoint machine has been installed at Colchester General Hospital for use by patients, visitors and staff.
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10th February 2010
How obesity impacts on all aspects of women's health
The many and varied effects of obesity on the health of women will be the subject of a health talk to be given in Halstead this month (Feb) by a Colchester consultant.
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5th February 2010
Possibly the busiest man in Essex is nominated for award
A Colchester father-of-five who left school 21 years ago with just two grade 'C' GCSEs has been nominated for an Adult Learners' Week Award.
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5th February 2010
Singer's death may boost attendance at heart clinic
Organisers of a heart screening clinic in Colchester this month (Feb) anticipate that the tragic death of former Boyzone singer Stephen Gately might boost attendance.
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5th February 2010
Married couple among long servers
A husband and wife were this afternoon (Thurs) among the guests to attend a lunchtime reception at Colchester General Hospital for long-serving staff.
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4th February 2010
Colchester doctor returns from Haiti
I have just returned from a week in Haiti working as a volunteer doctor with a search and rescue organisation.
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3rd February 2010
Successful reminder service to be extended to day case patients
Patients with day case hospital appointments in Colchester and Clacton are about to receive telephone reminders for the first time.
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