East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
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In June we celebrated our 10-year partnership with DFN Project SEARCH and were thrilled to host the celebrations and mark the milestone with a graduation event at Eastbourne DGH to celebrate interns, both past and present. Since 2014, we will have facilitated 105 interns, of which 24 have gained successful employment at our organisation. Richard…
Last week our Community Health and Integrated Care (CHIC) division hosted a clinically-led patient experience event at the Devonshire Park tennis centre bringing together patient partners, Healthwatch, and different teams from across the division to share their experience of patient engagement. The teams looked discuss and collaborate on the most fundamental issues around patient feedback…
An exciting new multi-faith space has now opened at Eastbourne DGH, offering a larger, more well-equipped area for religious observance. This innovative project was sparked by the invaluable feedback from colleagues and patients, who noted that the previous rooms were too small and lacked separate prayer spaces for men and women. Led by the Equality…
Work is now underway to implement the new approach to ensure that we can provide a safe and resilient service...
Orthopaedic consultant Professor Scarlett McNally, has been awarded Honorary Membership of the Faculty of Public Health
Earlier this month the trust was selected to support the Cancer Vaccine Launch Pad (CVLP) platform delivered locally by Consultant Medical Oncologist, Dr Aspasia Soultati and her team (pictured). The cancer vaccine pad aims to speed up access to messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) personalised cancer vaccine clinical trials for people who have been diagnosed with…
Over the last year, the trust has had strengthened it’s focus on supporting armed forces veterans, reservists and their families. Earlier this year we got our Veteran Aware accreditation, a national award granted by the Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance to NHS organisations that strengthen their support of and commitment to the armed forces community. As…
People are being urged to support NHS services and know how to get help over the coming days...
We will be celebrating Armed Forces Day this year with an event on Wednesday 26 June between 11am and 2pm in the foyer of Eastbourne DGH. Stalls will be hosted by the British Legion, the Combat Stress charity, the Chaseley Trust, the Eastbourne District Veterans Community and others. They will be joined by colleagues from…
The Sussex Surgical Centre, our new surgical facility, recently passed a major milestone with the completion of the frame of the building...
