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Friends of Eastbourne Hospital thanked for their donations
The Friends of Eastbourne Hospital have been thanked for their recent donations towards projects at Eastbourne DGH...
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NHS warns that people may be redirected from our Emergency Departments to other services this week
With hundreds of hospital doctors on strike this week, people are being asked to help the local NHS provide safe care – or risk being redirected from A&E to other services, if that is appropriate. The priority for hospital staff this week will be on caring for those in the most need. People arriving at A&E departments…
People urged to make the right choice when they need NHS help ahead of an expected challenging Easter period
The NHS in Sussex is urging people to ‘Help Us Help You’ over the next two weeks with Easter and industrial action ahead. The Easter period is traditionally pressured for health services with a four-day bank holiday, but with further junior doctor industrial action planned from 11 April 2023, it is expected to be significantly…
Dr Umesh Dashora appointed honorary clinical professor
Dr Umesh Dashora, consultant in Endocrinology and Diabetes has been awarded the title of Honorary Clinical Professor...
Sussex Premier Health celebrates first anniversary
Sussex Premier Health celebrates its first anniversary of providing healthcare under the ownership of East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust on 1 April 2023. Sussex Premier Health, now a private division of the trust, offers inpatient and outpatient services for a wide range of specialities, including orthopaedics, general surgery and ophthalmology. With its own imaging and…
Bexhill Community Diagnostic Centre officially opened
Bexhill Community Diagnostic Centre, which provides diagnostics services such as cardiac diagnostics, has been officially opened by the Mayor of Bexhill, Councillor Paul Plim...
Hello my name is… Shahram Kashani
Shahram Kashani is a consultant ophthalmologist who has worked at the trust for 12 years. Here Shahram tells us a little more about his career, his role and a recent challenge he undertook for an important cause. What led you to a career in ophthalmology? “My late father was an ophthalmologist and he was a…
Doctor’s assistants: taking the pressure off
In 2017 we received funding from Health Education England for six doctor’s assistant posts. The role of doctor’s assistant looks to take away some of the administrative and clinical pressures on doctors, in order to help increase productivity and, hopefully lead to a reduction in the length of stay for patients. Helen Wilkins was one…
Donation funds course for people with Type 1 Diabetes
A course to help people in East Sussex adjust to living with Type 1 diabetes is being restarted...
Hospital care in your own bed
Since it launched in December, the trust’s virtual wards have seen more than 300 patients, providing a range of hospital-grade services to patients in the comfort of their own home. We caught up with Sam Morley, the Advanced Clinical Lead for Virtual Wards for the trust, to hear more about the service and how it’s…