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The daughter of a recovering Covid patient is fundraising to supply new iPads for patients who cannot see their family.

 A girl who couldn’t walk for two years has taken her first steps with the help of some magical unicorn leg casts 

An organ donor has been called a hero after saving more than four lives, including newborn babies.

Over 150 fundraisers were dotted across Southend seafront at the weekend, happy to stroll, strut and scoot their way along the route, whilst helping raise money for a Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust ward or department of their choice.

A new chemotherapy treatment centre at Broomfield Hospital has been called “fantastic” by local MP Vicky Ford.

Two local men will be dressing up as Ghostbusters to take part in Walk For Wards, raising money for local hospitals this Sunday (19 September).

Cadgers, a support group for people with urological cancers, has received £1,000 in funding from Royal Arch Freemasons in Southend.

A patient who spent 14 weeks in hospital with Covid has donated two digital tablets to the critical care unit at Basildon Hospital.

A team of midwives have been shortlisted for a prestigious Royal College of Midwives award for their excellence in bereavement care.

A nurse who stepped away from the profession 20 years ago is back on the wards thanks to a new scheme.