East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Due to a global Microsoft 365 issue, you may experience delays sending or receiving emails from our Trust. For urgent queries, or imminent appointments, please call the relevant service or our switchboards:

📞 Colchester Hospital: 01206 747474
📞 Ipswich Hospital: 01473 712233

It’s always a pleasure to see @rolotherescue on our travels. #petsastherapy

During the resident doctors’ strike this week, please continue to attend any appointments unless you’re contacted and told otherwise.

Remember, use NHS 111 for urgent health needs, and in an emergency, please call 999 or go to A&E as normal.

"We know a hospital visit isn't ideal - but what makes you smile when you visit our hospitals?"

Our gardens?
Artwork on the walls?
Colchester duck pond?
Our therapy dogs?
Being near the coast at our community sites?
Something else?

Charles, 76, has just received his 100th round of immunotherapy, having been given months to live in 2019, after a cancer diagnosis.
Charles said: "The @NHS has always been there for me.”
Charles, from Holland-On-Sea, visits Clacton Hospital's Jubilee Unit for his treatment.