This month's Press Releases

30th April 2012
School invites community to charity coffee morning
A charity coffee morning will be held at a Colchester junior school on Friday (4 May) in memory of a teacher's mother who died earlier this year from cancer, aged 51.
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30th April 2012
Patients to benefit from deputy sister's fundraising
An award-winning Colchester nurse has presented her ward with almost £1,300 of equipment that was paid for from a fundraising evening she organised.
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27th April 2012
May Day donation will be a welcome tonic for heart patients
Two cardiac nurses will on Tuesday (1st) be presented with equipment by the Take Heart Cardiac Support Group.
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26th April 2012
Boost for neonatal ventilator fund
The owner and two staff from a Colchester baby shop will next week (Mon 30 April) visit the town's Neonatal Unit to present staff with a cheque for £530.
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24th April 2012
Trust has made major progress, say patients
Colchester General Hospital and Essex County Hospital have made huge progress in the care they provide for inpatients, according to a national survey published today (Tues).
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23rd April 2012
New developments in urology cancer surgery
A consultant urological surgeon will be the guest speaker at the May meeting of the North East Essex Urology Cancer Support Group.
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23rd April 2012
Trust's governors to meet in public
The board of governors of the NHS trust that runs Colchester General Hospital and Essex County Hospital will meet on Thursday (April 26).
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18th April 2012
Staff pedal power will benefit breast patients
A peloton of 14 cyclists are in training to complete a 25-mile ride between the breast units in Colchester and Chelmsford.
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16th April 2012
BTN project results in better patient transfers
The transfer of patients between hospitals in Colchester and care homes in north east Essex - and vice versa - has improved thanks to a unique project.
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12th April 2012
Chance to learn more about IBD
Anyone with an interest in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is invited to a meeting in Colchester later this month.
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11th April 2012
Thanksgiving service to be held for surgeon
A service of thanksgiving is to be held next month (May) for an eminent surgeon who escorted the Queen around Colchester General Hospital when she opened it in 1985.
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11th April 2012
Free talk on joint replacement surgery
The Elizabeth Courtauld Surgery in Halstead will be the venue later this month (25 April) for a free health talk.
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10th April 2012
Bowel cancer - don't sit on your symptoms!
Free fruit will be available at a Sainsbury's store in Colchester next week (17th-19th) as part of a Bowel Cancer Awareness Month initiative.
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