A NURSE at Basildon Hospital has been struck off after repeatedly borrowing money from a patient and maintaining “inappropriate personal contact” outside of their care. Aiza Tan, a registered adult ...

Two newly upgraded operating theatres are helping to reduce waiting times for orthopaedic patients across south Essex. Since early November, more than 175 procedures – including knee replacements, ...

A hospital has been rated inadequate after a watchdog found patients had waits of more than 12 hours in its emergency department. Patients at Basildon Hospital in Essex had to stand or sit on the ...

Wayne Lineker has thanked Essex hospital staff after “seven weeks of pure hell” battling severe pneumonia. Mr Lineker, 63, was bedridden at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital after being struck ...

A new ward offering "much-needed" and "urgent clinical care" for kidney conditions is set to open, following the approval of plans for the expansion of an Essex hospital. Basildon Hospital has been ...

A hospital has been ordered to urgently improve the speed of patient assessment in its A&E waiting room. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) said prolonged waiting times could be posing a particular ...

Inspectors say they would be happy to be treated at a hospital put in special measures by the health watchdog Monitor because of patient care concerns. Basildon Hospital has been under the spotlight ...

An Essex GP told the BBC that patients could recover from heart attacks in as little as four weeks, but that at least six ...

A NURSE at Basildon Hospital has been struck off after repeatedly borrowing money from a patient and maintaining “inappropriate personal contact” outside of their care. Aiza Tan, a registered adult ...