East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Important Service Information Ipswich Microbiology Out of Hours Contact for Biomedical Scientists Dear Colleagues, Clinicians and Healthcare Professionals, On the 16 December 2024 to contact our ‘Out of Hours’ Biomedical Scientist please note the following change will be put in place. Bleep 907 will no longer […]
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Important Service Information – Microbiology Urine Samples
26/11/2024
ESNEFT – Microbiology Urine Samples 2024.11.26 Please see the above link to communications from ESNEFT Microbiology

Urine collection Process
04/09/2024
Correct Urine collection process for ESNEFT Monovettes are intended to be sent to the laboratories for analysis and not used for Dip testing.

EMED Going Green
05/08/2024
The Ipswich Courier team has significantly reduced its paper usage by approximately 20,000 sheets over the past year. To put that in perspective, laid end to end the sheets would measure approximately 5.5 kilometres! This fantastic “green” achievement was made possible through close collaboration with ESNEFT Pathology Service Desk Team. Software updates made to the […]

Consumables Paperless Ordering System (GO LIVE – May 2024)
16/04/2024
The Pathology Service Desk and our EMED colleagues have been in collaboration to develop a more sustainable and eco-friendly way of working. We have partnered with our website designers – Fortico, to launch a project surrounding an electronic and paperless ordering system. Our EMED Team can now process orders (once approved) digitally. The goal is […]

Goodbye & Good Luck to two of our ESNEFT Pathology Colleagues
16/04/2024
Recently, we have said a fond farewell to two extremely valued ESNEFT Pathology Colleagues, who have moved onto pastures new. Lynn Partridge and Sue Sawyer worked for ESNEFT for a number of years sharing their experience and knowledge across the Trust. Lynn Partridge, Histopathology Service Lead, played an integral role in developing the Histopathology department into […]

Consumables-Urine Collection Pots
25/01/2024
Please note a change from 25/01/2024 Previously when ordering boxes of Urine monovette they came with collection cups, these will now need to be ordered separately.
ESNEFT Microbiology Service Improvement
30/11/2023
Latent TB Service Improvement (Ipswich) Microbiology (Ipswich) will be changing the test for Latent Mycobacteria tuberculosis from the T-Spot assay to the Quantiferon Gold Plus Assay. Service updates will follow for Colchester in a few weeks. Click on the link to read more