These infections are typically easily treated. More serious infections can be more challenging to treat and can lead to an extended hospital stay and serious illness. It is these more severe ...

Pat Rackley, 75, said Basildon Hospital’s A&E was “disgusting” with “11 bowls of sick” left on the floor and broken toilets. The pensioner, from Laindon, had gone to the hospital ...

A £600,000 cancer appeal is celebrating reaching its fundraising target ahead of schedule, thanks to some amazing community support and a £100,000 legacy donation. The... FOR many people, New Year’s ...

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 ...

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JEN Craft MP has called for “immediate action” to deliver improvements in maternity services at Basildon Hospital, after a Care Quality Commission (CQC) found that shortcomings in the service were ...

Staff at Basildon Hospital often lacked fetal monitoring equipment, the report said Staff shortages at a major hospital trust put the safety of expectant mothers and their babies at risk ...

Staff at Basildon Hospital told the inspectors they did not feel encouraged to raise safety incidents as leaders did not always reply to them. "However, women and people using maternity services ...

A new report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has graded maternity care at Basildon and Southend hospitals as 'requires improvement'. The CQC said they were concerned by hospital staffing levels, ...

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.