1 April 2019
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Local football club make generous donation to Pevensey ward

Players and representatives from Eastbourne Town Football Club have donated over £1,100 to Pevensey ward at Eastbourne DGH, in gratitude to the care given to club members. David Jenkins, Chairman of Eastbourne Town Football Club said: “Everyone at Eastbourne Town is full of admiration for the work done by the NHS. We organised a collection…

1 April 2019
Gastroenterology secretary wins Employee of the month award thumbnail image

Gastroenterology secretary wins Employee of the month award

Karen Carter a Senior Secretary to the Gastroenterology Consultants at the Trust has won an ‘Employee of the month’ award for her work with the Pharmacy department which made savings on prescription drugs. Janki Patel, Lead Pharmacist Specialist Medicine who nominated Karen said: “Karen, as the Secretary, has gone out of her way to find…

28 March 2019
New sofa donated to Critical Care Unit thumbnail image

New sofa donated to Critical Care Unit

A patient previously cared for on the Critical Care Unit at Eastbourne DGH has returned, with her husband, to thank the doctors and nurses and donate a sofa for the relative’s room. Sue Harris, spent several weeks in the critical care unit, with her husband Norman, by her bedside. The couple have donated a new…

27 March 2019
Children’s Eye Specialist retires thumbnail image

Children’s Eye Specialist retires

Ophthalmology Consultant Peter Gregory has retired after almost 27 years’ service to the local community as a specialist eye surgeon in the Trust. Peter joined the organisation in October 1992, as his first consultant appointment, having previously trained at Cambridge and Barts Hospital. His particular interest is in paediatric ophthalmology and strabismus, a condition where…

26 March 2019
Intermediate care sees significant reduction in length of stay thumbnail image

Intermediate care sees significant reduction in length of stay

Following an 18 month transformation programme, the Trust’s intermediate care services at Irvine Rehabilitation Unit (Bexhill) and Rye, Winchelsea and District Memorial Hospital, have seen a reduction in the length of stay by an average of almost 10 days (figures for three months February to April 2018 compared to November 2018 to January 2019). This…

22 March 2019
Specialist Nurses promote Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month thumbnail image

Specialist Nurses promote Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

Specialist Gynaecology Nurses at the Trust are urging women to talk openly about ovarian cancer, understand the potential symptoms and to book potentially life-saving GP check-ups, in an effort to save more lives this Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. Ovarian cancer is when abnormal cells in the ovary begin to grow and divide in an uncontrolled…

22 March 2019
Patient makes a £1000 donation to Pevensey ward thumbnail image

Patient makes a £1000 donation to Pevensey ward

Shaina Leach a patient who underwent a bone marrow transplant seven years ago, has returned to Pevensey Ward at Eastbourne DGH to make a donation of £1000 to the Pevensey Unit Fund. Shaina Leach said “I can’t put into words my feelings for all the staff on Pevensey Ward. The level of care I received…

21 March 2019
New MRI Suite arrives in 17 separate modules thumbnail image

New MRI Suite arrives in 17 separate modules

A new MRI Suite, which is currently being constructed at Conquest Hospital, has arrived on site in seventeen separate modules, which were joined together in a specific sequence to form the new MRI Suite building. The modular building arrived from Hull in a specific order, and set to a precise timetable over a three day…

20 March 2019
Midwife retires after 51 years in the NHS thumbnail image

Midwife retires after 51 years in the NHS

Midwife, Gina Moulding, who has worked for the NHS for 51 years, and has supported women and their families throughout their pregnancy journey and was involved in the care and delivery of three generations of some families, with the same enthusiasm and commitment she had at start of her career, has retired. Throughout Gina’s career…

19 March 2019
Donation to James Ward to say thank you for the care thumbnail image

Donation to James Ward to say thank you for the care

Stuart Crane, an ex-patient who was treated on James Ward at Conquest Hospital, returned to the ward with his wife to donate three drip stands, as a thank you for his care. Sharon Grain, Matron James Ward/CCU said: “It was lovely to see Stuart Crane and his wife Sue return to the ward looking so…