News from 2021
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The Trust has been awarded a Silver Pennies from Heaven Award, which recognises the great fundraising and contributions made by members of staff at ESHT – raising over £37,000 since the awards began. Pennies from Heaven is a scheme the Trust takes part in where members of ESHT staff can choose to donate the pennies…
The digital ambitions of East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (ESHT) and Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT) have been boosted, by the announcement that we will receive up to £6million over the next three years to support our digital transformation. Both our Trust and SCFT among seven trusts nationally who will benefit from this level…
To mark one year since the start of the first lockdown, ESHT across our hospitals and community services joined in the National Day of Reflection at midday and observed a one minute silence. This was followed by a short service held digitally and was a chance to remember and reflect on what has happened over…
The introduction of a new digital system, called Nervecentre, in the Emergency Departments at Conquest Hospital and Eastbourne DGH means that paper patient records are now a thing of the past in these departments. The Nervecentre system allows information about a patient’s visit to the department to be stored electronically, and members of staff use…
The Trust’s Speech and Language Therapy teams are highlighting the issues caused by difficulties with swallowing, also known as dysphagia causes during Swallowing Awareness Day (17th March). Difficulties with swallowing (dysphagia), can be when trying to swallow certain foods or liquids. It often occurs due to certain medical conditions, for example, following a stroke or…
A ceremony has taken place at Conquest Hospital with the turning of the first turf to mark the start of building work for a new purpose built nursery for children of parents who work for ESHT or the NHS. Jacquie Fuller, Acting Lead Staff Engagement and Wellbeing being together with children from the nursery and…
A 'virtual' Covid ward which monitors a patient’s oxygen levels in their own home, allowing them to leave hospital sooner, has been praised by patients and their families.
‘Medical oxygen’ capacity has been doubled at Conquest Hospital and Eastbourne DGH, to help with our Covid-19 response, and for use in a other vital treatment for respiratory illness and disease. Following the completion of an extensive oxygen supply upgrade project, the Trust now has 2.5 times the flow rate of oxygen, with the installation…
Eastbourne Midwifery Unit at Eastbourne DGH has re-opened following a temporary closure whilst the Trust responded to the recent wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Members of Staff at the Trust are mourning the death of Michael Winchester a Housekeeping Supervisor and ‘popular, well respected and kind’ colleague who sadly passed away after being diagnosed with Covid-19. Michael had worked at Eastbourne District General Hospital for over 16 years. He joined the Trust in January 2005 as a Rapid Response…
