The staff flu vaccination campaign at the Trust has improved staff flu vaccination rates by over a third, helping to protect patients and the public over the winter. The Trust vaccinated 72% of frontline staff, significantly up from 53% the previous winter (2016/17). The Trust’s campaign to be an #ESHTFlufighter used social media, internal communications…
Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra is to visit Eastbourne District General Hospital on 10th May to mark the 70th anniversary of the formation of the Friends of Eastbourne Hospitals.
The Trust is one of the first NHS aquatic physiotherapy (hydrotherapy) facilities in the South East to offer underwater bikes for patients as part of treatment thanks to a donation from the Friends of Eastbourne Hospital. The Friends of Eastbourne Hospital have donated approximately £5,000 for two underwater static bikes, an underwater trampoline and sets…
The Trust welcomes 20 newly qualified nurses who have taken up posts within acute and community areas of East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. In total eight nurses have taken up posts at Eastbourne DGH, eight nurses at Conquest Hospital and four have taken up posts within the community. Vikki Carruth, Director of Nursing, welcomed the…
A local company has donated ten hand held ‘whiteboards’ to help aid communication for patients on Newington Ward at Conquest Hospital, who are hard of hearing or those who have general communication difficulties. Patients can use the new whiteboards to write or draw to help them communicate with their visitors or ward staff. The whiteboards…
An Audit carried out by the National Bowel Cancer Audit (NBOCA), shows the Trust’s Bowel Cancer services doing well, with the lowest mortality rates and second lowest readmission rate in the South East region, with these indicators significantly better than the national average. The audit looked at the care of 192 patients diagnosed with bowel…
The Heart Failure Team at the Trust have picked up two awards at the regional Heart Failure Collaborative “Enhancing the Quality of Heart Failure Care”. The Heart Failure Collaborative was a Kent, Sussex and Surrey Academic Health Science Network event in partnership with the British Heart Foundation. The Trust won two awards for acute services:…
Doreen Payne, whose husband of 62 years, David sadly died in December 2017, has donated £1,000 to the Pevensey Ward team in recognition of the care and support they gave her late husband. Doreen returned to thank the ward team and present them with the donation collected from family and friends of her late husband.…
National Nutrition and Hydration week, which raises awareness and improves the understanding of the importance of good nutrition and hydration, was supported across the Trust. Malnutrition (undernutrition) is a common and growing health problem. The British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN) estimated that malnutrition affects over 3 million people in the UK. Malnutrition…
The Proactive care team at the Trust have won a Staff Award for their service to the community. The team work across East Sussex and help patients with long term conditions manage their condition and take responsibility for their own health care. The team were presented with their award by Chief Executive, Dr Adrian Bull.…
