Veteran NHS leader Hopkins to retire after 40-year career

Veteran NHS leader Hopkins to retire after 40-year career

By Liz Wells 30 September 2025

Matthew Hopkins, chief executive of Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, has announced his retirement after a distinguished 40-year career in the NHS.

Single pathology service confirmed for mid and south Essex

By Liz Wells 29 May 2025

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust has signed a 15-year contract with SYNLAB, the laboratory diagnostics provider, for the delivery of a unified pathology service for mid and south Essex.

AI helping NHS staff be more skilled and flexible

By Liz Wells 20 March 2025

An app using AI with behavioural science has been successfully piloted at Essex hospitals and is now set to be expanded across the NHS.

Basildon Hospital pharmacy robots speed up medicines for patients

By Liz Wells 15 October 2024

Basildon Hospital has installed two robots in its pharmacy store, replacing the old system that had been in place for more than a decade.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust chair to retire

By Liz Wells 05 September 2024

The chair of Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSEFT), Nigel Beverley, is to retire at the end of the financial year.

Trust chief executive appointed ICB head

By Lee Peart 13 May 2024

Head of the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST), Tom Abell, has appointed chief executive of the Mid and South Essex Integrate Care Board.

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Band I, SCP 44 - 47 (£55,609 - £59,027) per annum

Sandwell, West MidlandsBand I, SCP 44 - 47 (£55,609 - £59,027) per annum

RECRUITER: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council