March's Press Releases
30th March 2012
RMP give chocolate-stuffed hamper escort to Children's Unit
An Easter hamper of chocolate will next week (Tues) be given a Royal Military Police escort on its journey to the Children's Unit at Colchester General Hospital.
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30th March 2012
Grateful patient returns to Stroke Unit to present equipment
A pensioner who suffered a stroke while undergoing chemotherapy for cancer will on Monday (2 April) present Colchester's Stroke Unit with equipment worth £1,650.
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30th March 2012
Theatres project helps cut cancelled ops by 50%
Staff at Colchester General Hospital are celebrating the first anniversary of a project designed to improve the performance of its 15 operating theatres.
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29th March 2012
Olympic torch honour for hospital volunteer
A student from Colchester who works as a volunteer at Essex County Hospital has been chosen to carry the Olympic torch.
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29th March 2012
National conference to be held at Firstsite
Doctors from all over the UK are to converge on Colchester for a national conference of the country's largest and most influential body of women doctors.
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28th March 2012
Start of nine-month screening programme
Screening begins tomorrow (Thurs) of the first of more than 5,000 women who are to be invited for routine breast x-rays in Colchester over the next nine months.
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27th March 2012
Physio to take part in Olympic ceremonies
A Colchester physiotherapist who put her name forward "for a laugh" has been picked to take part in the opening and closing ceremonies of the London Olympics.
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26th March 2012
Leading GP to discuss impact of NHS shake-up
The Government's controversial health reforms will be discussed by the guest speaker at the April meeting of the North East Essex Urology Cancer Support Group.
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23rd March 2012
New cancer treatment to begin in Colchester
A new type of radiotherapy for patients with cancer will begin at Essex County Hospital on Monday (26 March).
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22nd March 2012
"Bionic arm" used to help patients recover from stroke
Patients who have lost the use of an arm and hand following a stroke are benefiting from a new upper limb rehabilitation service at Colchester General Hospital.
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21st March 2012
A&E department is in good health!
The A&E department at Colchester General Hospital has taken huge strides forward since the introduction of new national quality indicators, the latest data shows.
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20th March 2012
Survey shows that Trust is a better place to work
Staff employed by Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust are more satisfied and more motivated than before, according to a survey out today (Tues).
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16th March 2012
Trust security advisor welcomes convictions
Colchester magistrates have convicted two people of separate offences that took place within four weeks of each other against the same nurse in A&E.
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15th March 2012
New cancer clinic begins in Colchester
A new clinic has started in Colchester for patients with the same type of cancer that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and snooker player Paul Hunter were diagnosed with.
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14th March 2012
Grateful mum to hold fundraising quiz night
A grateful Colchester mum who gave birth 14 weeks early is organising a fundraising event to be held two days after what should have been her delivery date.
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14th March 2012
First health talk of 2012 in Clacton
Improvements in the care of hospital patients with diabetes will be the subject of a free public health talk in Clacton later this month.
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6th March 2012
How writing can be a healing tool
Places are available on two free writing workshops in Colchester later this month (March) for people whose lives have been affected by cancer.
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6th March 2012
Dietitians use celebrity recipes to tackle malnutrition
Celebrities Lorraine Kelly and Gino D'Acampo have given dietitians permission to use their recipes when working with some of the most vulnerable people in north east Essex.
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2nd March 2012
Colchester nurse wins national nursing award
A Colchester nurse has been named as the overall winner of the national Crohn's and Colitis UK IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease) Nursing Awards 2012.
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2nd March 2012
Lives saved as more than 14 million patients are screened for Blood Clots
Patients are now almost twice as likely to be screened in hospital for venous thromboembolism (VTE) than in 2010, Health Minister Simon Burns today announced.
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1st March 2012
Health Minister praises Trust on eve of Colchester visit
Health Minister Simon Burns will visit Colchester General Hospital tomorrow (Fri) to learn more about its work to prevent avoidable blood clots.
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