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Pictured (left to right): Ruth Goddard, nurse in the Further Assessment Unit (FAU) and Emergency Department (ED) and Sharon McNally, chief nurse and deputy chief executive.
DAISY Award® winner for April 2025 announced at local hospital

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) has announced the winner of its DAISY Awards® programme for April 2025.   The programme enables patients, families, and colleagues to h...

Pictured (left to right): Ruth Goddard, nurse in the Further Assessment Unit (FAU) and Emergency Department (ED) and Sharon McNally, chief nurse and deputy chief executive.

DAISY Award® winner for April 2025 announced at local hospital

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) has announced the winner of its DAISY Awards® programme for April 2025.   The programme enables patients, families, and colleagues to h...

Pictured (left to right): Nishall Garala, chair of Rainbow Services; Jason Shaves, facilities workshop managers at Rainbow Services; Sharon Summerfield, CEO at Rainbow Services; Phillipa Haslehurst, voluntary services manager at PAHT, Caroline Ashton-Gough, Admiral Nurse and clinical nurse specialist dementia at PAHT; Viv Rennie, volunteer at PAHT and Julie Fosh, High Sheriff of Essex.
Local hospital welcomes High Sheriff of Essex to see progress of new garden space

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) welcomed a visit from the High Sheriff of Essex, Julie Fosh, on Friday 20 June to mark the start of the Gibberd Ward Garden development, a project supp...

Pictured (left to right): Nishall Garala, chair of Rainbow Services; Jason Shaves, facilities workshop managers at Rainbow Services; Sharon Summerfield, CEO at Rainbow Services; Phillipa Haslehurst, voluntary services manager at PAHT, Caroline Ashton-Gough, Admiral Nurse and clinical nurse specialist dementia at PAHT; Viv Rennie, volunteer at PAHT and Julie Fosh, High Sheriff of Essex.

Local hospital welcomes High Sheriff of Essex to see progress of new garden space

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) welcomed a visit from the High Sheriff of Essex, Julie Fosh, on Friday 20 June to mark the start of the Gibberd Ward Garden development, a project supp...

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Women to be invited to access breast screening mobile unit in Dunmow

Women who are registered with the following GP surgeries are to be invited to access breast screening at a mobile unit in Dunmow from 1 July, which will be available until the end of September 2025. ...

Photo of the breast screening unit

Women to be invited to access breast screening mobile unit in Dunmow

Women who are registered with the following GP surgeries are to be invited to access breast screening at a mobile unit in Dunmow from 1 July, which will be available until the end of September 2025. ...

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Hospital celebrates major milestone as roof of Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) is completed

We are celebrating a major milestone with the completion of the roof of the Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) at St Margaret’s Hospital, Epping. Colleagues from PAHT and local health and care p...

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Hospital celebrates major milestone as roof of Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) is completed

We are celebrating a major milestone with the completion of the roof of the Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) at St Margaret’s Hospital, Epping. Colleagues from PAHT and local health and care p...

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Volunteers needed to make small cloth bags for local hospital

The Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) Charity and specialist palliative care team based at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) is reaching out to the local community to help make cloth ba...

Photo of a member of the palliative care team with a driver syringe bag donated to the hospital

Volunteers needed to make small cloth bags for local hospital

The Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) Charity and specialist palliative care team based at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) is reaching out to the local community to help make cloth ba...

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Your voice matters: Highlights from our first Patient Panel event with hospital leaders

At Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT), we’re committed to working closely with the people we serve. That’s why we recently hosted our first-ever Patient Panel event with our chie...

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Your voice matters: Highlights from our first Patient Panel event with hospital leaders

At Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT), we’re committed to working closely with the people we serve. That’s why we recently hosted our first-ever Patient Panel event with our chie...

Inpatient comment:

Everyone offered words of such reassurance and kindness. I felt so cared for and the communication with me at all times was fantastic.