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…
Physiotherapist, Penny Nicolls, who works at the Amberstone Hospital in Hailsham, has won a Trust staff award for her supervision commitments to the Outpatients Physiotherapy department, while still maintaining her clinical standards. Penny was presented with her award by Trust Chairman, David Clayton-Smith. Ross Tippett, Senior Physiotherapist at Amberstone Hospital, Hailsham, who nominated her said:…
The Acute Admissions Unit at Conquest Hospital has undergone a refurbishment with new reception areas, drug preparation room, new flooring, wipe down surfaces for easy cleaning and an Omnicell drug dispensing cabinet. The refurbishment work was undertaken in sections over a ten week period, while the unit remained operational, with the cost of the work,…
