Celebration of volunteers at Conquest
As part of National Volunteers Week, we recently thanked our volunteers for their hard work at a celebration event...
Grateful patient makes kind donations to critical care
The critical care team at Eastbourne received a visit from one of their previous patients who presented the team with some gifts...
Kind donation from the Ninfield Carnival Association to critical care
The critical care team at Conquest Hospital say thanks to the Ninfield Carnival and Sports Association for their generous donation...
Excellence in Respiratory Care award for RESPS team
Congratulation to our Regional East Sussex Pulmonary Service (RESPS) team who have been awarded the ‘Excellence in Respiratory Care’ award...
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…
da Vinci XI robotic-assisted surgical system arrives at Conquest Hospital
A da Vinci XI robotic-assisted surgical system costing £2 million has arrived at Conquest Hospital...
Specialist scopes donated to help with faster patient diagnosis
Two specialist scopes have been donated to the respiratory medicine team, by the Friends of Eastbourne Hospital...
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…
We talk to clinical educator Susan Godden about her role
We spoke to Susan Godden, Clinical Educator supporting international nurses, objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) training...
Huge success recruiting to the MIDI study
Our radiology and research teams have continued their success recruiting to the MIDI study and have passed the 2000th patient (2189). This clinical research study aims “to develop and test an AI tool that can identify MR head abnormalities using routine outpatient as well as dedicated research scans.” Our clinical research team were selected to deliver…