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...
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...
Trust emergency departments are very busy
The emergency departments at Conquest Hospital and Eastbourne District General Hospital are both very busy, with many of our junior doctors out on strike until Thursday this week (16 March). Members of the public requiring NHS care are advised to think carefully about which service is most appropriate for their condition, and whether they can…
Update on junior doctors strike: 13 March to 15 March 2023
Junior doctors are expected to go on strike from Monday 13 March to Wednesday 15 March led by the British Medical Association. Further action is also planned on Tuesday by staff from the Hospital Consultants Specialists Association. It is expected that there will be disruption to NHS services during the three days, and we are…
Care Quality Commission inspection of maternity services
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have published their report into our Maternity Services...
Inpatient visiting restrictions lifted
We have lifted our temporary visiting restrictions for inpatient visits...
Improvements to East Sussex cardiology and ophthalmology services get the green light
The East Sussex Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee (HOSC) has endorsed proposals to improve cardiology and ophthalmology services for the people of East Sussex...
Royal College of Nursing strike action update
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has confirmed that no Trusts in Sussex will be taking part in strike action on Thursday 15 December and Tuesday 20 December. Whilst all of the NHS Trusts in Sussex met the legal threshold for mandated action, the RCN confirmed last month the organisations where industrial action will take…
Healthcare Assistant recruitment open days
We are holding Healthcare Assistant recruitment open days on 1st and 6th December - find out more...
Pulse oximeters provide better, safer care for newborns
Tiny Tickers, a charity that gives pulse-oximetry machines to maternity units to help diagnose congenital heart defects (CHD) in newborns, has donated ten monitors to the trust. Newborn screening for a congenital heart defect involves using the pulse oximetry machines to measure oxygen levels (oxygen saturation) through sensors placed on the baby’s skin. Claire Croft,…