The children’s units at both Conquest Hospital and Eastbourne DGH have given support to ‘Play in Hospital Week’, to help raise awareness of the benefits of play in the treatment of poorly children in hospital. During the week, children at both hospitals drew pictures of everyday heroes to display. The Trust’s play specialist role is…
The Trust has been rated as ‘Substantially Compliant’, against the core standards for Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response, a significant improvement compared with ‘partially compliant’ in 2017. The NHS needs to plan for, and respond to, a wide range of incidents and emergencies that could affect health or patient care. These could be anything from…
Data from the Trauma Audit and Research Network (TARN) report highlights evidence of high quality trauma care at Conquest Hospital and Eastbourne DGH. The TARN looks at the whole trauma patient journey, from the Emergency Department through the hospital, and shows that last year, Conquest Hospital was the fourth best in terms of survival outcome,…
The BOP (breast, ovarian and prostate) cancer charity, along with friends and family of patients, both past and present, has raised £6,500 for the Pevensey Unit at Eastbourne DGH. The money was raised by holding a golfing day and an auction where people were very generous with their bids, along with Lynda Jacobs shaving her…
The Trust has been successful in applying to participate in a national collaborative study aiming to improve outcomes in elective orthopaedic surgery, and is one of only 30 in the country participating in this innovative Quality Improvement, Patient Safety and Research trial, which aims to improve outcomes after total hip and total knee replacements. The…
The Trust’s Nutrition and Dietetic teams have taken part in the first national Malnutrition Awareness week with displays at Conquest Hospital and Eastbourne DGH, explaining malnutrition; how to identify malnutrition, what the effects are, and what to do if individuals are identified as being malnourished in hospital or the community. During the week the Nutrition…
Baby Remembrance Services, are being held for all who have suffered the loss of a child, no matter how long ago. The services are a simple act of remembrance, conducted by the hospital chaplain. The services are for remembering and sharing with all welcome to attend. They are being held on: Wednesday 10th October at…
Care of cancer patients at the Trust has again been highly praised in a national survey of patients who were diagnosed with the disease. The National Cancer Patient Experience Survey, now in its seventh year, has been published and was completed by over 500 local patients. Patients were asked to rate their care overall, on…
Liam Currie, an Integrated Support Worker for the Crisis Response Team in Eastbourne, has won an employee of the month award, for his organisation of the NHS street party held on 30th August, to celebrate the NHS 70th Birthday. Jenna Khalfan, Associate Director for Communications and Engagement, who nominated Liam, along with a number of…
NHS Improvement has confirmed the appointment of Karen Manson as a Non-Executive Director of East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust and the Trust has appointed Nicola Webber as an Associate Non-Executive Director. Karen replaces Sue Bernhauser on the board who has recently left after completing her four year term as a Non-Executive Director. David Clayton-Smith, ESHT…
