Around 80 people fitted with complex pacemakers and defibrillators shared experiences and listened to an informative talk by Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurse, Holly Ward, around the risk factors and lifestyle management for cardiovascular conditions, at a support group held recently in Eastbourne. Jacqueline Hunt, Heart Failure and Devices Specialist Nurse said: “The support group is an…
Like many other Trusts, we are seeing a greater demand for our services over the winter period. Having already planned a reduced level of elective work we are maintaining our workload, focussing on day surgery, urgent procedures, and outpatients. Unless you hear from us directly, please assume your appointment is going ahead. Dr Adrian Bull, Chief…
The Royal College of Physicians UK final clinical examinations (PACES) for the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh were held at Eastbourne DGH, the first time a double cycle of the Royal Colleges’ exams have been hosted at a South Coast Hospital. The Trust has been hosting Royal College final clinical examinations (PACES) for the Royal…
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is urging local people to keep safe and ensure our Emergency Departments (A&E) are kept free for only those people who really need it. It is vital that people remember A&E is for serious or life-threatening situations, including: Severe chest pain Suspected heart attack or stroke Suspected meningitis Injuries such…
The local NHS in East Sussex is working together this winter to make sure that patients spend no longer than they need to in hospital. The ‘Let’s Get You Home’ initiative will support people to return home quickly and safely, or if this is not possible, to move to an alternative setting, such as a…
20th December 2017 A state-of-the-art digital mammography machine, which provides high quality mammogram images with a reduced radiation dose, has been officially opened by the Chairman of East Sussex Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee (HOSC). The new machine, a GE Pristina Senograph, was the third of its kind to be installed in the UK with…
Many Pharmacies in East Sussex will be running restricted opening hours over the Christmas and New Year period. Make sure you have enough medicines to see you through this period: Christmas pharmacy opening hours – East Sussex Eastbourne, Hailsham and Seaford Clinical Commissioning Group Hastings and Rother Clinical Commissioning Group
The Hastings Health Visiting team, made up of Health Visitors, Community Nursery Nurses and administrators, who work with families in the area, have won a Trust staff award for their tireless and sometimes challenging work supporting children. Janet Allen, Locality Manager for Hastings Health Visiting team said “The Hastings Health Visiting team of Health Visitors,…
Lead Pharmacists Janki Patel and Iwona Ward have won a Staff Award for their clinical practice and leadership at the Trust. Through their work the Trust has been nationally recognised for its high standards of clinical practice with regard to the expensive blood product Immunoglobulin. Chairman David Clayton-Smith presented Janki Patel and Iwona Ward with…
Doctors at the Trust are the first in the South East to use an innovative ultrasound scanner that combines MRI images to improve the detection of Prostate Cancer. The fusion of detailed MRI scans with live, real-time ultrasound images of the prostate helps doctors take precise biopsies of prostate tumours. The system called ‘Uro Nav’,…
