East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust (ESNEFT), which is responsible for the the hospital, said it was "committed to taking forward lessons learned" after the Ipswich mum's death.

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ENEFT), which runs Ipswich and Colchester hospitals, has been given £7.8m from the government.

The strike action started at 06:00 BST and was due to last 24 hours at Colchester Hospital, as well as at several of ESNEFT's community sites. A further 48-hour strike was also planned from 06:00 ...

The strike action started at 06:00 BST and was due to last 24 hours at Colchester Hospital, as well as at several of ESNEFT's community sites.

The workers planned to depart from Colchester Hospital on Saturday morning in a fresh wave of strike action, before holding a rally in the city's Castle Park.

ESNEFT urged patients with hospital appointments to "attend as planned" during the walkouts. "We are committed to keeping disruption to services to a minimum and our focus is on patient care and ...