Occupational therapists and physiotherapists at the Trust ran a whole week of events to celebrate National Gardening Week and raise awareness of the diversity, richness and cultural value of gardening. Gardening helps to keep people active and to reduce stress levels, and that can help prevent heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and other associated lifestyle diseases.…
Maternity support workers and student midwives at the Trust, held a series of events to celebrate International Day of the Midwife 2018 with support from the Royal College of Midwives. As well as making tea and homemade cakes for all members of the teams at both Conquest Hospital and Eastbourne DGH, there was a raffle…
The Trust’s Infection Prevention and Control team has been raising awareness of the importance of hand hygiene to prevent health care associated infection as part of World Hand Hygiene Day. The banner headline for the day, organised by the World Health Organisation, was “It’s in your hands – prevent sepsis in health care”. The call…
Stephen Lloyd MP has visited the Cardiology Unit at Eastbourne DGH, to tour the unit and meet the clinical teams. The Cardiology team at Eastbourne DGH consists of over 100 doctors, physiologists and nurses. They diagnose, treat and care for patients with suspected and confirmed heart conditions. Around 2,600 heart procedures are performed and over…
A cough assist machine, which clears secretions or ‘phlegm’ from the lungs of respiratory compromised patients, who are unable to produce an effective cough, has been generously donated to the Critical Care Unit at Eastbourne DGH, by a former patient and his family who raised £4,500 through donations. Barry West, from Uckfield, spent seven months…
A ten week intensive walking and cycling programme, designed to encourage better lifestyle choices, has delivered healthy benefits and lasting change for some members of staff at Eastbourne DGH. The Active Steps programme is a Sustrans initiative which aims to increase participants activity levels by making it a part of their daily routine. Delivered at…
Jess Hales has raised and donated £4,000 towards the refurbishment of the Maternity Bereavement Room at Conquest Hospital, following the sad loss of her daughter Isabelle. Jess returned to the maternity unit to hand over the money to midwifery staff. Jess Hales said: “My husband Andy and I went through an emotional time that no…
Medication Passports to help people keep track of their medicines, have been launched at Eastbourne DGH, and funded by the Friends of Eastbourne Hospital. A Medication Passport lists a person’s medicines and dosage and can be shown to health professionals, to help substantially reduce the risk of any communication mix up about an individual’s medication.…
The Trust has been awarded a ‘Quality Data Provider’ certificate by the National Joint Registry (NJR), after successfully completing a national programme of local data audits and meeting a number of targets related to patient safety. The award scheme aims to recognise and reward best practice, highlight the importance of quality data collection, and help…
The day room and relatives room on Benson ward at Conquest Hospital has received a facelift thanks to the hard work of Healthcare Assistant Tabatha Loynes who, in her own time, has decorated the two rooms. The ward received donations of paint and wallpaper from local companies and Tabatha, with the occasional help from her…
