The emergency departments at Conquest Hospital and Eastbourne District General Hospital are both very busy, with many of our junior doctors out on strike until Thursday this week (16 March). Members of the public requiring NHS care are advised to think carefully about which service is most appropriate for their condition, and whether they can…
Junior doctors are expected to go on strike from Monday 13 March to Wednesday 15 March led by the British Medical Association. Further action is also planned on Tuesday by staff from the Hospital Consultants Specialists Association. It is expected that there will be disruption to NHS services during the three days, and we are…
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have published their report into our Maternity Services...
We have lifted our temporary visiting restrictions for inpatient visits...
The East Sussex Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee (HOSC) has endorsed proposals to improve cardiology and ophthalmology services for the people of East Sussex...
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has confirmed that no Trusts in Sussex will be taking part in strike action on Thursday 15 December and Tuesday 20 December. Whilst all of the NHS Trusts in Sussex met the legal threshold for mandated action, the RCN confirmed last month the organisations where industrial action will take…
We are holding Healthcare Assistant recruitment open days on 1st and 6th December - find out more...
Tiny Tickers, a charity that gives pulse-oximetry machines to maternity units to help diagnose congenital heart defects (CHD) in newborns, has donated ten monitors to the trust. Newborn screening for a congenital heart defect involves using the pulse oximetry machines to measure oxygen levels (oxygen saturation) through sensors placed on the baby’s skin. Claire Croft,…
The building works for the new Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC), created from a former car showroom on Beeching Road in central Bexhill, are nearing completion. We talked to Stef Burcombe, Programme Manager for the CDC project, to find out a little more about the project. “We’re entering the last few weeks of the build and…
A Friends of Conquest Hospital volunteer has been recognised for his services to volunteering, both at the hospital and within the Hastings local community. John Sands, who has volunteered with the trust for over 10 years, received the Order of 1066 Award at the weekend from Councillor James Bacon, Mayor of Hastings, for his volunteering…
