Elaine Papps Specialist Children’s Diabetic Nurse has retired after 37 years of nursing local children. After qualifying as a nurse at Great Ormond Street Hospital in 1977 Elaine joined the Children’s Friston ward at Eastbourne DGH as a staff nurse later moving to St Helen’s Hospital in Hastings in 1979 to become a Junior Sister.…
The Trust is urging local people to keep safe and ensure the Emergency Departments (A&E) are kept free for only those people who really need it. It is vital that patients remember Emergency Departments are for serious or life-threatening situations, including: Severe chest pain Suspected heart attack or stroke Suspected meningitis Injuries such as fractures…
Consultant Physiotherapist, Dr Carol McCrum has been awarded a National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Fellowship. In her role, Carol helps to raise awareness and support the implementation of the NICE guideline on Spondyloarthritis, a group of inflammatory conditions which can affect the spine, joint and tendons. The fellowship also aims to raise…
Patricia Harding who made and sold Dove Tote bags to sell to friends, has donated £1000 in memory of her late husband Leonard of 60 years as a thank you to the team who cared for him. Following Leonard’s death Patricia, who volunteers one day a week at Eastbourne DGH, occupied her time by making…
Six year old Kyan Higgs who has Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia has seen what happens when his blood is tested in the laboratory, thanks to the Pathology team at Eastbourne DGH and a charity called Harvey’s Gang. Because of Kyan’s illness he has a lot of blood taken and at a recent appointment, when he came…
The programme to offer free NHS health checks to eligible Trust staff has been extended and is being used nationally as a model for best practice for other organisations to learn from. The programme, which is delivered in partnership with East Sussex County Council and OneYou East Sussex, has already seen over a thousand Trust…
A new community outreach service to screen for and treat Hepatitis C amongst substance misuse clients in the community, is having a positive impact with an increase in the number of people testing for the illness and receiving treatment. The service is jointly provided by East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (as part of the Sussex…
The increasingly popular Eastbourne Midwifery Unit has had the busiest year so far with a 15.6% increase in the number of births to 332, compared with 287 in the previous year. Of those babies born last year, 126 babies were born to first time mothers, representing a 57.5% increase in first time mothers birthing at…
A Happy Baby Club has been launched across maternity services at the Trust, to help mums give their babies the best start in life and promote six simple messages. The six simple messages are: Feeding baby safely, Looking at baby and smiling, Protecting baby from second hand smoke, Cuddling baby, No shouting near baby and…
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…
