May's Press Releases

27th May 2010
Colchester PSU is "one of the best units in the NHS"
Top marks have been awarded to the NHS trust that runs Colchester General Hospital by the government agency responsible for the safety and quality of medicines.
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26th May 2010
Drummer Ron is back on the beat after cancer operation
Great grandfather Ron Jocelyn is beating the drum for a cancer surgery centre at Colchester General Hospital after becoming its 200th patient.
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25th May 2010
Trust sets up heart clinic for patients from the Harwich area
For the first time ever, patients from the Harwich area who need to see a heart specialist can do so at their local hospital.
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24th May 2010
Board meeting to be held on Thursday
Members of the public are invited to the May meeting of the board of directors of the NHS trust that runs Colchester General Hospital and Essex County Hospital.
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24th May 2010
How complementary therapy can help people with cancer
Colchester complementary therapist Sara Percival will be guest speaker at next week's (2 June) meeting of the North East Essex Urology Cancer Support Group.
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19th May 2010
Breast screening for women from the Colchester and Manningtree areas
A total of 5,468 women from the Colchester and Manningtree areas are to be invited for routine breast screening between early next month (June) and late September.
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17th May 2010
Colchester trust opens up its public membership to all of Essex and Suffolk
People from all over Essex and Suffolk can now become public members of the NHS foundation trust that runs Colchester General Hospital.
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12th May 2010
This month's health talk to be given by "blood detectives"
"Haematologists - The Blood Detectives" will be the name of a free health talk to be given in Colchester later this month (May).
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11th May 2010
Critical care nurse invited to speak at national conference
A critical care nurse will next week (19th) tell a national conference about Colchester General Hospital's success in preventing a potentially fatal condition.
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10th May 2010
Service of remembrance in Tendring
A service of remembrance will take place in Tendring next week (18 May) for those who have suffered the loss of their baby at any time during pregnancy or around the time of birth.
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10th May 2010
Tributes paid to long-serving hospital worker
Tributes have been paid to a long-serving and popular member of staff at Essex County Hospital who has died suddenly.
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7th May 2010
Event to mark centenary of the death of Florence Nightingale
Visitors and patients are invited to join in Nurses' Day celebrations at Colchester General Hospital next week (12 May).
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7th May 2010
Daughter thanks hospital staff for saving her father's life
A daughter who says staff at Colchester General Hospital gave her father an extra seven months of life will return there next week (13 May) to present a £700 sofa bed.
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6th May 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 (12 May).
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