April's Press Releases

28th April 2011
Hypnobirthing classes to begin in north east Essex
The NHS trust that runs Colchester General Hospital is about to become only the second in the UK to offer hypnobirthing classes.
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26th April 2011
Carbon Saver Gold Standard Award
Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded the Carbon Saver Gold Standard.
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26th April 2011
Speaking debut for new consultant
Colchester's newest consultant urologist will be the guest speaker at next week's (4 May) meeting of the North East Essex Urology Cancer Support Group.
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21st April 2011
Out of Africa
A nurse has returned to Colchester after working at a hospital which lost many staff in the Rwandan genocide of 1994.
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20th April 2011
Broken hip patients benefit from success of rehab pilot
A successful pilot means that patients who have undergone emergency hip replacement surgery are spending six days less in Colchester General Hospital.
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14th April 2011
Apology from Daily Gazette: "Don't call 999"
You may have seen the front page lead in today's Daily Gazette
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13th April 2011
Colorectal cancer surgery survival rates - media statement
Data has been published today (12 April) on the poor survival rates at CGH from colorectal cancer surgery between 1998 and 2006.
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11th April 2011
Public invited to Trust board meeting
Members of the public are invited to the April meeting of the board of directors of the NHS trust that runs Colchester General Hospital and Essex County Hospital.
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8th April 2011
Easter Bunny to make early delivery to Children's Unit
The Easter Bunny will arrive 10 days early this year at the Children's Unit at Colchester General Hospital.
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8th April 2011
An evening to champion the work of Trust scientists
Staff who are involved in the diagnosis of infections like MRSA and Clostridium difficile will give a free health talk in Colchester later this month (April).
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6th April 2011
Trust Chair welcomes outcome of elections
The NHS trust that runs Colchester General Hospital and Essex County Hospital today (Wed) announced the results of its elections to 20 governor posts.
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6th April 2011
Red is the colour
A new system has been introduced at Colchester General Hospital to ensure that all the nutritional requirements of elderly patients are fully met.
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5th April 2011
Patients invited to step into "In Your Shoes" sessions
An ambitious 12-month project is being launched later this month (April) to help patients benefit from a gold standard experience at Colchester's hospitals.
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1st April 2011
Walkers get set to step out in memory of Jane
About 40 walkers will step out on Monday (4 April) to raise money for a Colchester hospital unit in memory of one of its former patients.
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