A Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) patient of 14 years ago has returned to the unit with his dad, to donate money on behalf of a local Masons Lodge. Louie Hammond was born nine weeks early in 2004, and spent the early weeks of his life in the SCBU at Conquest Hospital. His Dad, Paul…
A mobile tablet device has been donated by local company Booker and Best, to the Emergency Department at Conquest Hospital to be used as a distraction tool when treating children. Matron, Becky Bell said: “We would like to thank Booker and Best for donating this tablet. We will use it to distract children when we…
The Clinical Improvement Team of Emma Jones-Davies, Emma Tate and Sammi Foy have won the Employee of the Month award for their efforts in lowering the Trust’s mortality rate from sepsis by 38%, in the past two years. Dr David Walker, Medical Director, who nominated the team, said: “Emma Jones-Davies, Emma Tate and Sammi Foy…
The Trust has welcome seventeen newly qualified nurses, who have taken up posts within acute and community areas. Nine nurses have taken up posts at Eastbourne DGH, five nurses at Conquest Hospital and three nurse have taken up posts within the community. Vikki Carruth, Director of Nursing, said: “I would like to congratulate all the…
Local MP Stephen Lloyd has visited the physiotherapy department at Eastbourne DGH to meet with physiotherapists and see the varied aspects of their work. Around 170 physiotherapists work across the Trust with 70 of them working specifically in the Eastbourne area. Physiotherapists provide therapy in acute hospital services like critical care, stroke and neurology and…
The Eastbourne Prostate Cancer Support Organisation (PCaSO) have donated a Urine Analyser and a Molift Raiser to the Urology Investigation Suite at Eastbourne DGH. The Urine Analyser is used to perform automatic urine testing and can detect and quantify a number protein, glucose and red blood cells in urine. The Molift Raiser is used to…
Work has started on a new £1.3 million Urology Investigation Suite which will offer a dedicated one stop urology clinic and an enhanced patient experience. The new development is expected to be completed by June and will create a modern, fit for purpose Urology Investigation Unit. It will include ten outpatient clinic rooms and include…
A new simple test, which will help detect hidden quantities of blood in a stool sample which can be an indication of bowel cancer, improving early cancer detection, is being used by East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust as part of the colorectal cancer pathway. This new Faecal Immunochemical Test is given to a patient at…
A new system that uses ‘computers on wheels’ is helping pharmacy staff at the Trust to dispense medicines at the patient bedside, ensuring they get the “right medicine to the right patient at the right time”. The computers, along with their medicine cart, are being used at both Conquest Hospital and Eastbourne DGH. They have…
A national survey on maternity services undertaken on behalf of the Care Quality Commission (CQC), has found that maternity care at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has improved across a number of areas. The CQC surveyed 111 women who had given birth at ESHT in January and February 2018 and compared their experiences of care…
