14 May 2024
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Donated transnasal endoscopes are a ‘game changer’

Three Transnasal Endoscopes have been kindly donated to the Endoscopy department at Conquest Hospital by The Friends of Conquest Hospital and The League of Friends of Bexhill Hospital. The Friends donated £55,424.88 for the purchase of state-of-the-art endoscopes which boast 50% narrower tubes than a traditional endoscope, and as it is inserted via the nose…

8 March 2024
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A touch of gentleness in critical care

At the beginning of last year, critical care nurse Carmen Diaz saw an advertisement from the charity Touch of Gentleness, which trains volunteers to give therapeutic hand massages. They go into care homes and addiction recovery centres to provide hand and foot massages for people who wouldn’t normally get to experience them. Carmen loved the…