An NHS Sussex nurse, who works with bereaved families, has been nominated for the national Elaine Thorp Award for Bereavement Care. Faye Biggs, a child death review specialist nurse, has been nominated for this prestigious award, which celebrates her work in her rewarding and emotionally challenging role. The Award is run by Sands, the UK’s…
Our August Hero of the Month was Neil Maskell, a Waste Porter at Eastbourne DGH. Neil was nominated as he highlights what our trust is all about. He is always full of smiles, greets everyone when walking along the corridor and is very polite. Nothing is ever too much trouble, and he clearly takes a…
Karen Manson, one of our non-executive directors, recently completed a gruelling 16 day walk (190 miles), to raise over £1000 for the East Sussex Healthcare NHS charity. Karen, who is also chair of the charity, walked with her sister-in-law and two friends, as they followed the Wainwright’s Coast to Coast Walk, starting out in St.…
Every year we welcome our new cohort of international nurses into the trust. We spoke to Ahamefula Adanma and Manju Manju about their experiences. Ada joined the trust in 2021 as an international nurse working on Irvine Unit at Bexhill Hospital. When she arrived it was at the height of COVID and the process of…
In October our urology team reached the fantastic milestone of 2,000 robotic operations performed at Eastbourne DGH. We spoke to Mr Karl Spiteri, Consultant Urologist, about the robotic urology service. “Since the surgical robot was introduced at Eastbourne DGH in 2015, the robotic urology service has gone from strength to strength, and we have become…
The trust’s Partnership Forum marks its first anniversary this month, celebrating a year of bringing colleagues together from across the trust. The forum members discuss how the trust runs and provide insight and suggestions into how we can continue to improve the care that we provide, as well as make our organisation a better place…
June’s Hero of the Month was Claire Wyse, who was a Matron within the out of hospital care team, based at Milton Grange in Eastbourne. Claire was nominated by her colleague who said ‘Claire assisted our patient who was choking on some food and then went into cardiac arrest in front of the other patients.…
Bernie O’Reilly, the new Chief Executive of the Health and Care Professions Council, visited Allied Health Professional colleagues at Eastbourne this week to talk with them about their work here at the trust and celebrate their achievements in delivering and improving care. AHPs are employed by the trust in a variety of roles include Dietitians,…
Congratulations to Pauline Abu, an Intermediate Care Sister at Bexhill Irvine Unit (BIU), who has been nominated for a Nursing Times Workforce Award. Pauline has been nominated in the category of Best Social Responsibility Programme for her work as a fellow with NHS England. She is also a professional nurse advocate (PNA) and about to…
Our urology team have revolutionised the care we provide to our prostatectomy patients, with some patients now able to return home on the same day as their procedure. The changes mean a better experience for prostatectomy patients, better outcomes and reduced pressure on surgical beds. For a day prostatectomy, the patient arrives at 7am to…
