It is managed by East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

In preparation for this, construction began on a new diagnostic imaging centre, which opened in 2018, in time for the transfer of services.

The Accident & Emergency department will also be expanded, and the narrow bridge across the lake in front of the hospital will also be replaced with a wider structure.

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust chief executive Nick Hulme said that it "beggars belief" that some people were calling the pandemic a hoax.

[12][13] The nearest railway station is Colchester on the Great Eastern Main Line, located 1.6 miles from the hospital.