February's Press Releases

24th February 2011
New day unit transforms the experience of patients
A new facility for haematology patients who require day treatment has just opened at Colchester General Hospital.
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21st February 2011
Find out about urological cancers
A public awareness evening devoted to some of the commonest cancers in the UK is being held in Colchester next week.
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18th February 2011
Barbara's bread pudding will help grieving families
A Holland-on-Sea grandmother whose daughter has given birth to three stillborn babies has donated £460 to a bereavement suite at Colchester General Hospital.
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16th February 2011
Spread of successful scheme to prevent falls
A successful trial which has helped to reduce patient falls at Colchester General Hospital is to be widened out to more wards.
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9th February 2011
Health Talk: Tiptree Box reaches out across the world
A condition that is the UK's biggest fear ahead of cancer according to research published today (Wed) is to be the subject of a free public talk in Clacton.
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9th February 2011
Valentine's Day meeting of Trust's board of governors
The public is invited to a meeting next week (14 Feb) of the board of governors of Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust.
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8th February 2011
Breast screening starts for South Woodham Ferrers women
More than 3,000 women from the South Woodham Ferrers area are being invited for routine breast screening over the next four months.
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7th February 2011
Trust staff to take the plunge for hospitals' charity
Having worked as a flight attendant for six years, nursing student Ian Heasley is used to planes - but not jumping out of them.
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7th February 2011
Invitation to the public to attend Trust board meeting
Members of the public are invited to 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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3rd February 2011
Neil and Bec defy the odds to welcome Poppy into the world
A Wivenhoe man diagnosed with bowel cancer at the age of 27 has become a father - despite being told he was unlikely ever to be a parent without IVF.
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2nd February 2011
New consultants to work all over north east Essex
Two new consultant urologists have joined Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust.
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1st February 2011
Zach's back to help present SCBU with £1,000+
A toddler who two years ago helped to launch a successful public appeal for a children's scanner is returning to Colchester General Hospital to present £1,057.50.
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