A unique collaboration involving the Trust and 29 other organisations, which drives forward improvements for patients having hip and knee replacements, has won a top national award. The programme called QIST (Quality Improvement for Surgical Teams) aims to reduce infection rates from MSSA (Methicillin Sensitive Staphylococcus Aureus) for patients undergoing joint replacement surgery and wad…
The Trust is to exit special measures for financial reasons, following an announcement by NHS England and NHS Improvement. The Trust met its challenging financial target last year, reducing its financial deficit to under £45m. This was an improvement of over £10m on the previous year. The Trust has nearly halved its monthly deficit since…
New internal wayfinding signage has been installed at Eastbourne DGH, which divides the hospital into five coloured zones – purple, orange, blue, green and pink with the hospital split into three Levels – 1, 2 and 3. The principle is to direct patients to their “service address” via four progressive elements – the entrance (denoted…
Work has started on the expansion of the Ambulatory Emergency Care (AEC) unit at Conquest Hospital, which provides same day emergency care for ambulatory patients who don’t require an overnight stay in hospital. The unit offers patients rapid access to diagnostic tests and review by hospital consultants in one place. It provides safe care designed…
The Diabetes Department have been given a donation of £700 by the landlady and customers of the British Queen Public House in Willingdon, following a charity day in aid of Diabetes and the British Heart Foundation. Angela Cain, the landlady of the British Queen pub presented a cheque to the diabetes team at Eastbourne DGH.…
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal is to visit Conquest Hospital on Wednesday 17th July to open the new MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) Suite. Her Royal Highness opened phase one of the hospital in February 1993 and opened the hospital’s second phase in 1998, 21 years to the day before she is due to open…
Ten nurses who work on the Special Care Baby Unit at Conquest Hospital are taking part in a skydive, and are hoping to collectively raise £4,000 for the charity Bliss, which supports sick and premature babies. Special Care Baby Unit Matron, Wendy Thompsett said: “As the skydive gets closer we are starting to get more…
Twelve young people with a learning difficulty or disability have recently graduated from Project SEARCH, a supported internship programme designed to give young people skills to gain competitive paid employment. The interns were presented with certificates at the graduation ceremony by ESHT Chief Executive, Dr Adrian Bull. Parents and staff from this joint partnership between…
Biomedical Scientists at the Trust joined colleagues from across the country to showcase their work and raise awareness their profession during the third annual Biomedical Science Day, which has been organised by the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS). Biomedical Scientists are part of the pathology team, and perform around eight million tests each year. Seventy…
Stephen Lloyd, MP for Eastbourne and Willingdon has visited the integrated community team of District Nurses and Adult Social Care at St Mary’s House in Eastbourne, to find out more about the work they do to support around 1,500 local people each month. Since April, the Trust’s District Nursing Team of around 70 staff have…
