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 ...

AFTER “nearly dying” of Pneumonia, Wayne Lineker has shared a new health update from hospital. The 63-year-old took to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Thousands of patients and hospital staff in south Essex received a festive boost after a delivery of gifts and hampers. Around 3,000 presents were handed out to patients who spent Christmas Day in ...

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 ...

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

The positions in the table below reflect the Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based ...

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 ...