BASILDON Hospital will be unable to cope with added pressure and demand if more than 27,000 new homes are built across the borough, an MP has told Parliament. Tory MP for Rayleigh and Wickford ...

Last week was the busiest yet for the NHS this winter, amid sky-high virus rates which have left hospitals ‘jampacked’ with patients. New data published today shows that more hospital beds were ...

To satisfy this need, a trove of companies have popped up to buy patient data from hospitals and sell it to those wanting to train AI or do research. Earlier this week, health data company ...

Women were treated with kindness, compassion and dignity in their day-to-day care and support. They felt staff listened and communicated with them appropriately, in a way they could understand.

Animal rescuers leapt into action to save a scared badger who got caught in a Basildon school’s football net. The staff of the South Essex Wildlife Hospital were called to a school on Saturday ...

A dedicated Basildon Hospital nurse is celebrating an incredible 40 years of service and shows no signs of slowing down, as her passion for the job remains as strong as ever. Jackie Smith ...

Waiting up to ‘60 hours’ for a hospital bed. Critical incidents across the country. Staff say it’s like the ‘height of the pandemic’. This week, the NHS has been hit by the ‘tidal wave ...

In the last week, there has been intense discussion focused on Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, reportedly one of the last functioning hospitals in the area. This has been part of a broader ...

Linda Wenman, 70, said she had been afforded "no dignity" during her unforeseen stay at Basildon Hospital in December. It came as hospitals across Essex continued to battle a significant spike in ...

FOR many people, New Year’s Eve was a celebration to bring in 2025. For one Basildon Hospital nurse, it has marked the start of her fifth decade working in Essex. Jackie Smith, 64, from ...