Gardner Ward at Conquest Hospital and Pevensey Day Unit at Eastbourne DGH are the latest winners of the Infection Prevention and Control Team’s ‘Clean Care Award’. The Infection Prevention and Control Team make this award quarterly and it is awarded to the ward, unit or department who has achieved a set criterion of: No preventable/avoidable…
The Frailty Practitioner Service that supports older people living with frailty has now seen over 500 people since the service started a year ago. The service, which started in May 2016, aims to improve the quality of life for older people living with frailty, supporting them to live well outside hospital and consists of a…
A ten year old boy who undertook a sponsored walk from Hastings to Bexhill has raised £91 for the Special Care Baby Unit at Conquest Hospital. Joshua Reed, who is in Year 6 at Guestling Bradshaw CE Primary School, walked just over 4 miles from the Jerwood Gallery to Glyne Gap with his Mum, Billie.…
Specialist Diabetes Teams at the Trust have been promoting the importance of insulin safety during a week long campaign. People with Type 1 diabetes are dependent on insulin to control their blood glucose levels. Type 2 diabetes is predominantly a progressive condition. Initially it may be possible to manage it with lifestyle changes and over…
The Special Care Dental Service took delivery of a specialist multifunctional chair to help them anaesthetise patients with special needs prior to their dental procedure. The chair, along with two wheelchairs, was kindly donated by the Friends of Eastbourne Hospital. Dr Leona Toner, Clinical Lead for the Special Care Dental Service said “We are extremely…
Anita Smith, Consultant Speech and Language Therapist for the Trust has won a major UK award for her work to introduce a One Stop Swallow Disorder Clinic which has reduced treatment time from 24 to 5 weeks and improved patient safety and satisfaction. Anita won the Advancing Practice Award for Collaborative Work, part of the…
Bob and Gwen Pheasant from Pevensey Bay wanted to recognise the care Bob had received since having a stroke with a donation of equipment to the therapy team at Firwood House in Hampden Park. The couple gave £250 worth of equipment including a Kardia monitoring machine to record heart rhythm and sensory balls for therapists…
Work has started on the revamp and upgrade of the main entrance and foyer area at Eastbourne DGH. The work will improve the facilities available for patients and visitors and is expected to be completed in the early autumn. The improvements include changing the layout of the foyer area with updated reception and outpatient booking…
People across East Sussex are being asked to think twice before they attend one of our Emergency Departments (A&E) in Hastings or Eastbourne, and are being urged to please only attend if they are seriously unwell. It is vital that people remember our Emergency Departments (A&E) are for serious or life-threatening situations, including: Severe chest…
Two linear accelerator machines for treating cancer, each the size of a small family car have arrived on site at the new Radiotherapy Centre at Eastbourne DGH. Each machine costs around £2million and weighs three tonnes. Specialist Physicists will begin the complex task of installing, calibrating and testing the machines. The linear accelerator machines will…
