June's Press Releases

28th June 2012
Chairs! Trust thanks Friends for equipment worth £8,000
An award-winning initiative that speeds up the recovery of orthopaedic patients at Colchester General Hospital has been given an £8,000 boost.
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26th June 2012
Meeting of Essex NET Patients Support Group
A Colchester consultant will be a speaker next month (July) when the only local patients support group of its kind in the UK meets near Chelmsford.
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26th June 2012
Colchester volunteer to be presented with Macmillan award
A volunteer at Essex County Hospital will on Friday (29 June) be presented with a prestigious award from the charity Macmillan Cancer Support.
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25th June 2012
Breastfeeding campaign targets high-risk women
Women with high-risk pregnancies will be the target of an initiative in Colchester during National Breastfeeding Week (24-30 June).
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25th June 2012
First vascular patient treated in Trust's new £1.5m theatre
A 76-year-old grandfather has become the first vascular patient to have surgery in a new £1.5m operating theatre at Colchester General Hospital.
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25th June 2012
Hospital's major role in "landmark" cancer study
A Colchester hospital has played a major role in a "landmark study" that is giving new hope to patients with advanced bladder cancer.
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22nd June 2012
Focus on kidney cancer
Kidney cancer will be the subject of a talk at next month's (4 July) meeting of the North East Essex Urology Cancer Support Group.
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22nd June 2012
I'm A Carer - Get Me In There!
Carers of people living with a diagnosis of cancer are being offered a free chance to experience the great outdoors with a Colchester survival expert.
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19th June 2012
New specialist vascular service begins next month
A new service for major vascular surgery for the 750,000 population of east Suffolk, north east Essex and the Colne Valley begins next month (from Monday 9 July).
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18th June 2012
Practical advice on the menopause
Practical advice will be available next week (27 June) when a Colchester doctor gives a free public health talk called "Midlife and the menopause".
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18th June 2012
Grateful husband to attempt 1,000 miles in 24 hours for unit
A motorcyclist will this weekend (23rd/24th) attempt to ride 1,000 miles in 24 hours to raise funds for the critical care unit at Colchester General Hospital.
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12th June 2012
£170,000 refurbishment of day unit to begin soon
Works begins early next month on a major £170,000 project to refurbish the day unit at Colchester General Hospital.
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1st June 2012
Patients still benefit from nurse Sarah - even after her death
Even almost two years after her death, patients at Colchester General Hospital are still benefiting from the care of a dedicated nurse who died at the age of 30.
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1st June 2012
Bike father, bike son . . .
A Manningtree father and son who had not ridden bikes for about 10 years will this month (June) attempt a fundraising cycle ride from London to Paris.
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1st June 2012
Magician to visit Children's Unit to celebrate Volunteers' Week
A magician who turned himself into a senior NHS manager will celebrate Volunteers' Week by performing magic for children at Colchester General Hospital.
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