Matrons & Head of Midwifery

At the Trust we have matrons on duty 24 hours per day. If you have a concern about nursing care received, or are concerned about what you should do after being in hospital, please contact one of the matrons below.

Call a matron using the phone number by their photo below. If really urgent, bleep a matron by calling switchboard on 01206 747474 and giving the bleep number. (From abroad, please phone -44 1206 747474.)

If less urgent, email a matron by clicking on their photo.

Go to this page for the downloadable PDF diagrams showing the areas each of the executive, clinical and associate directors is responsible for.

Got something to say? - The Trust has a campaign to highlight how patients, relatives, carers or visitors can raise a concern within the Trust.

Page updated 9 April 2013

Donna Booton Donna Booton
Macmillan Lead Cancer Nurse and Matron Essex County Hospital

01206 744416
or Bleep: 007
Helen Krysinski Helen Krysinski
Matron for Accident & Emergency

01206 742846
or Bleep: 806


Jane Murphy Jane Murphy
(Acting) Joint Matron for Emergency Assessment Unit (EAU)

01206 742728
(No Bleep)
Helen Bennett Helen Bennett
(Acting) Joint Matron for Emergency Assessment Unit (EAU)

01206 742728
(No Bleep)
Rossa Baker Rossa Baker
Matron for Ambulatory Care:
-Aldham Ward
-Copford Ward
-Elective Care Centre (ECC)
-Fordham Ward
-Great Tey Ward

Outpatients Department
-Clacton Hosp.
-Harwich Hosp.

01206 746258
or Bleep: 295
Lynda Kitching Lynda Kitching
Matron for Planned Care (Inpatient wards)
Brightlingsea Ward
Elective Care Centre
Mersea Ward
Wivenhoe Ward

01206 746257
or Bleep: 918





Lynda Pearce Lynda Pearce
Matron for Children's Services

01206 742484
or Bleep: 953












Karen Baxter Karen Baxter
(Acting) Matron for Critical Care, Theatres and Elmstead Day Unit Surgical

01206 742193
or Bleep: 875









Helen Edwardson Helen Edwardson
Matron for Medicine
-Dedham Ward,
-Easthorpe Ward,
-Langham Ward,
-Layer Marney Ward,
-Nayland Ward,
-Cardiac Cath Lab,
-Isolation Unit
-Gainsborough Clinics

Bleep: 279
01206 742099
Chris Burrows Chris Burrows
Matron Specialist Medicine
-Peldon Ward,
-D'Arcy Rapid Assessment Clinic,
-Tiptree Ward,
-Birch Ward,
-Renal Unit,
-Elmstead Day Unit Medical

Bleep: 815
Mobile: 07507 779954



Nikki Dyson Nikki Dyson
Matron for Stroke Unit

01206 742926
or Bleep 496














Julie Hinchcliffe Julie Hinchcliffe
Matron for Delivery Suite, Lexden Ward, Antenatal Clinic and Antenatal Assessment Unit

Bleep: via switchboard (01206 747474)








Jenny Collins Jenny Collins
Matron for Community Midwifery, Midwife-led Units and Antenatal Screening

Bleep: via switchboard (01206 747474)
Dymphna Sexton-Bradshaw Dymphna Sexton-Bradshaw
Associate Director Women, Children & Head of Midwifery

01206 742481

Yvonne Goodchild Yvonne Goodchild
(Acting) Team Leader Site Operations

Bleep: 333





Ian Craddock Ian Craddock
Site Matron

Bleep: 333








Sharon Gordon Sharon Gordon
Site Matron

Bleep: 333
Celia Alexander Celia Alexander
Night Matron

Bleep: 333
Ingrid Shipley Ingrid Shipley
Night Matron

Bleep: 333