The Building for our Future programme will transform the environment in which we provide care for patients in East Sussex.
It will be a complete redesign of our ageing hospitals, taking advantage of new technologies and improvements in healthcare to ensure that we can meet the future needs of our population.
If we are successful, there will be no part of our hospital infrastructure left untouched. Our extensive plans over the next decade include significant refurbishment, and in some cases partial rebuilding, of our three hospitals in Bexhill, Eastbourne and Hastings.
Alongside creating additional inpatient wards and improved parking facilities, our plans include expanding our emergency departments at Eastbourne and Hastings, improving access to cardiology and ophthalmology services, and redeveloping outpatient, theatres, endoscopy and diagnostic services.
There are a large range of factors that must be taken into consideration with such a large building project across the three hospital sites, some of which are considered non-negotiable. All decisions have been made to meet the current and future needs of our population, and to improve care outcomes, particularly of older people.
