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Last Friday we proudly celebrated one of our wonderful uro-oncology support workers, Charlie Gepilga, by presenting him with an NHS England CNO Support Worker Award. The NHS England Chief Nursing Officer Support Worker Award is a national award that recognises colleagues that ‘consistently demonstrate the NHS values and behaviours when fulfilling their everyday roles to…
Well done to Dr Rajiv Sharma, Lead Medical Examiner within the bereavement team, who received our Hero of the Month Award earlier this year. Raj’s nomination said: “Dr Sharma always goes above and beyond within his role of Lead Medical Examiner. He has an extensive knowledge base due to his years working as a GP…
Congratulations to Pevensey Day Unit and the radiology team at Conquest Hospital and Eastbourne District General Hospital who have been recognised for their support of clinical research at the recent NIHR Clinical Research Support Awards. The Research Support Awards recognises people and teams within the Kent, Surrey and Sussex region who don’t work directly in…
To celebrate Operating Department Practitioners (OPD) Day on 14 May our ODP team have a stand in reception at Eastbourne District General Hospital until next Monday (15 May) for colleagues and patients to find out more about what an ODP does and how important they are to patient care. Over the years the role of…
Felix Asibey is a Clinical Facilitator who has been in post for a year. We had a chat with him to find out more about his role and what brought him to our trust. Hi Felix, how did you become interested in the role you do? “When I first joined the trust I met…
Our car parks at Conquest Hospital and Eastbourne DGH have once again been awarded the prestigious ‘Park Mark’...
Treating patients so they don’t need to come into hospital is just as important as the care they receive while in hospital. The community frailty team, who cover the area from Seaford over to Rye, specialise in treating people over the age of 75 who are living with frailty. Frailty is a medical condition describing…
The dementia care team support people with dementia and those with cognitive impairment or delirium during their hospital stay. They offer help and advice to patients, their families and staff on their treatment and care. We spoke to Claire Shimmons, a Dementia Care Practitioner, about her role and the different ways the trust is helping…
Sheryl Baker, Urgent Care Navigator in the emergency and urgent care departments at Eastbourne District General Hospital, has won our Hero of the Month Award! “I am nominating Sheryl as I spent many hours in the Emergency Department at Eastbourne with my mum, while we waited to be seen. “From the minute we walked in…
A team from the ophthalmology service at Bexhill Hospital, together with colleagues from across the country, visited Colombia recently to carry out life-changing eye surgery...
