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In 2014, the trust announced that the nearby Essex County Hospital was due to close, and that some services currently provided there would transfer to Colchester General Hospital, including breast services and nuclear medicine. In preparation for this, construction began on a new diagnostic imaging centre, which opened in 2018, in time for the ...
The trust provides a patient transport service (Rated "Requires Improvement [18]") bringing patients to and from the regions hospitals and healthcare services in a range of capacities from outpatients to renal patients, as well as discharges from wards and emergency departments. 2015 saw a new fleet of Citroen Relay, Fiat Ducato and Peugeot ...
The Trust's main acute hospital site, which was opened in 1985, is Colchester Hospital.The Trust also owns Essex County Hospital in Colchester, which was opened in 1820. At Harwich and Clacton community hospitals, both managed by NHS North East Essex (the PCT), the Trust provides minor injury and outpatient servic
NHS ambulance services are classed as an emergency service, the public normally access emergency medical services through one of the valid emergency telephone numbers (either 999 or 112). Additionally, some ambulance services are considering trialing a 999 video calling service, in order to be able to visually assess patients whilst crews are ...
Jon Ashworth blamed government financial pressure on the health service. Critics complain money is prioritized over patient care. [13] In September 2017, the trust reached just 50.8% of red one calls within the target of eight minutes, and 39.9% of red two calls. This was the lowest ever recorded by an ambulance service since May 2012.
The Isle of Man Department of Health and Social Care operates a fixed-wing air ambulance for patient transport between the island and mainland hospitals. [ 15 ] The Channel Islands of Guernsey and Jersey have a Beechcraft King Air B200 air ambulance, operated by Gama Aviation since July 2020, that transports patients to England for treatment ...
The hospital, originally known as Essex County Hospital, was designed as a hospital for the treatment of tuberculosis patients and was built between June 1937 and 1940. [1] It had "butterfly" wings that caught the sun for the benefit of the patients. [1]
The South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) is the ambulance service for the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and most of Hampshire. [note 1] It is a foundation trust of the National Health Service, and one of ten NHS ambulance trusts in England. As of August 2022, SCAS is currently rated Inadequate by the ...