SOUTHEND Hospital is overspending on staff by £2.1million a year, despite efforts to slash costs. The hospital introduced long-term plans to cut the amount it pays agencies by recruiting more ...

Southend University Hospital is appealing for staff to cancel leave and return to work to help cope with rising demand A hospital has asked staff to cancel holidays as it was facing an ...

A hospital has officially opened a new prayer space for Jewish patients and staff, offering them a place to observe Shabbat - ...

Staff at a hospital have warned they could "limit services" to patients with coronavirus "to a bare minimum", over fears for their own safety. In a letter to management, medics at Southend ...

A union says staff at a hospital trust will be "absolutely horrified" by the announcement of more job cuts. Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Southend and Basildon hospitals ...

Medics at an Essex hospital have warned they may need to limit services to a "bare minimum" amid concerns over a shortage of protective equipment for staff. Staff at Southend Hospital said they're ...

Nurses and other staff at the only NHS trust in the UK still outside Agenda for Change are finally to be moved over to the national agreement for pay, terms and conditions. Southend University ...

Hospital staff have had specialist training on a new £3.5million cutting-edge radiotherapy machine to help treat cancer patients in Southend. The machine is the first of its advanced-type in the ...

Staff at Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust have overwhelmingly voted to ditch the Agenda for Change pay system and return to locally negotiated terms. The highly controversial move – ...

and staff have been left exhausted. More patients are reportedly being admitted to the hospital than are leaving. Coronavirus cases in Southend are rising, with an infection rate of 190 - up from ...