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East Coast Community Healthcare has announced the appointment of Dr Andy Wood OBE as the new Chair of its Board.

The NHS Community Virtual Ward service for Norfolk and Waveney is celebrating a significant milestone with the admission of its 500th patient. Launched in September 2023, this innovative service allows patients to receive hospital-level monitoring and treatment at home, preventing avoidable hospital admissions.

Beccles Hospital marked its centenary with a special exhibition celebrating its past and future and visit from the great granddaughter of the gentleman who donated the land for the hospital.

Congratulations to Andrew Saunders who has been awarded a national Chief Nursing Officer Award for his outstanding commitment as a Legacy Mentor for Healthcare Support Workers (HCSW).

The Waveney Jaguars football club will be scoring goals in style thanks to new kit provided by East Coast Community Healthcare (ECCH).

A successful ‘Heads Up’ wellbeing event was held in Lowestoft, attracting around 100 attendees. Read the Full artice on The Lowestoft Journal

The centenary display will be open to the public from 3pm to 5pm on Saturday 24^th February and again from 10am to 5pm on Sunday 25^th February. Signed copies of the book “Beccles and its Hospital – a Century of Caring”, which was written by former nurses Pam Hardman and Maureen Saunders, will be auctioned with proceeds going to the League of Friends.

ECCH has been awarded the National Preceptorship Interim Quality Mark from NHS England in recognition for our Preceptorship Programme.

ECCH has launched a Community Virtual Ward which allows patients to receive hospital monitoring and treatment at home, preventing avoidable admissions to hospital.

A District Nursing Sister at East Coast Community Healthcare (ECCH) has been awarded the title of Queen’s Nurse by the community nursing charity The Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI).

East Coast Community Healthcare’s Primary Care Home teams were named Clinical Team of the Year at the organisation’s Staff Awards event in recognition of the care they provide for patients in their own homes across Great Yarmouth and Waveney.

Visitors to a special roadshow in Great Yarmouth were offered a full health ‘MOT’ by nurses and therapists from East Coast Community Healthcare (ECCH).

The nurses behind two new healthcare services in Great Yarmouth have been shortlisted as finalists in the Royal College of Nursing’s (RCN) Nursing Awards.

Community Nurses have joined forces with students from a Norfolk college to make a film that will help health professionals improve how they care for patients with lower leg wounds.

East Coast Community Healthcare teamed up with Lowestoft parkrun to celebrate the 75^th anniversary of the NHS.

We had the chance to showcase the high quality services ECCH provides when we had a visit from the Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt, Chair of Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care System.

An ECCH nursing service which supports unpaid/family carers in the Great Yarmouth area to look after their health and wellbeing has won a prestigious NHS Parliamentary Award.

A free support event was held this week to mark World Parkinson’s Day at Waterlane Leisure Centre in Lowestoft, hosted by East Coast Community Healthcare (ECCH) in partnership with Parkinson’s UK and Everyone Active.

ECCH is taking part in a new pilot to improve lower limb wound care alongside partners NCH&C after Norfolk and Waveney integrated care system successfully applied to be the first site in the East of England for a national programme.

The Norfolk and Waveney Shared Care Record is coming

EECH is working with partners from across the Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care System (ICS) to develop the Shared Care Record.

Health and Care Winter Plan in Great Yarmouth and Waveney

Health and care organisations in Great Yarmouth and Waveney are putting in place initiatives to ensure that people can access the services they need heading into winter, and to support staff and teams working in frontline services to deliver safe and effective care.

ECCH purchases Cavell Healthcare

ECCH has bought the award-winning domiciliary care provider Cavell Healthcare which has been operating throughout East Anglia since 2016.

Specialist Palliative Care Team wins Norfolk Care Award

Our partnership with St Elizabeth Hospice to provide free Specialist Palliative Care in Norfolk and Waveney has led to a win at the Norfolk Care Awards for 'Collaboration in Care'.

ECCH helps ‘kick-start’ local young people’s careers

Eight young people from the local area are celebrating after successfully completing a government-funded work placement scheme with East Coast Community Healthcare (ECCH).

ECCH delivers defibrillator training to Suffolk community

Last week saw members of a Suffolk community receive life-saving defibrillator training from ECCH Training Officer Simon Drewett.

Digital technology transforming care at Beccles Hospital

It may be a Victorian building, but the care you’ll receive in Beccles Hospital is cutting edge following the introduction of a range of digital technology by East Coast Community Healthcare.

ECCH needs you! Volunteering opportunities available

Looking for a new volunteering opportunity this year? If you would like the chance to contribute to a fantastic organisation providing community-based NHS and social care across Norfolk and Suffolk, then a volunteering role with East Coast Community Healthcare could be for you!

ECCH Staff Nurse is made a Queen’s Nurse

A nurse at East Coast Community Healthcare (ECCH) has been awarded the title of Queen’s Nurse by the community nursing charity The Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI).

Staff at East Coast Community Healthcare (ECCH) have been praised by the former Secretary of State for Health, Patricia Hewitt.

On 15 November, Patricia visited teams at the social enterprise, which provides community-based NHS and social care in Norfolk and Suffolk, as part of her role as Chair-designate of the Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board.

East Coast Community Healthcare (ECCH) has donated to the Children’s Diabetic Committee for Great Yarmouth and Waveney to help them host a Christmas party. The charity-funded committee provides support, guidance, and a listening ear to children and parents affected by diabetes.

East Coast Community Healthcare (ECCH) is offering job placements for local young people, as part of a government initiative to help them into employment following the pandemic.

Waveney MP Peter Aldous praised teams from East Coast Community Healthcare (ECCH), when he visited the social enterprise to help celebrate its 10th year of providing community-based NHS and social care in Norfolk and Suffolk.

October 2021 officially marks our 10th anniversary! We'll be reflecting on some of the highlights and achievements we've made over the past decade of providing healthcare services for our local communities.

Warren School in Lowestoft, which caters for children with complex needs and learning difficulties, has received a donation towards a new sensory playground from East Coast Community Healthcare (ECCH).

Warren School in Lowestoft, which caters for children with complex needs and learning difficulties, has received a donation towards a new sensory playground from East Coast Community Healthcare (ECCH).

Have you ever thought about becoming a volunteer? We celebrate Volunteers’ Week 2021

Leigh Hewitt, District Nurse and Clinical Educator at East Coast Community Healthcare (ECCH), has been awarded the Philip Goodeve-Docker Memorial Prize by the Queen’s Nursing Institute. 

An ECCH nurse has received national recognition for her work to improve the care of patients who have skin tears and pressure ulcers in Great Yarmouth and Waveney.

East Coast Community Healthcare (ECCH) has appointed former BT Transformation Director Ian Hutchison as its next chief executive.

The Norfolk and Waveney Health and Care Partnership (NWHCP) are creating a unique community of reservist healthcare professionals.

The Flu Vaccine: Debunking the Myths

If you usually collect new batteries for your hearing aids from Beccles Hospital please phone 01502 719800 instead of making a personal visit 

Share your experience of accessing information, care and support during COVID-19

East Coast Community Healthcare (ECCH) has donated thousands of pounds to three local charities to further their work in our communities.

ECCH’s Primary Care Home team for the Great Yarmouth area has won a prestigious Norfolk Care Award.