Our hospitals are seeing an exceptional level of demand on our services. Due to continued pressure as a result of flu and other winter viruses, to protect our patients, we ask that you wear a face mask when visiting, if you have flu-like symptoms, and regularly wash your hands or use the alcohol gel provided.…
Two colleagues from our Trust, Graham Attfield, Hospital Chaplain and Lincy Issac who is a Staff Nurse at Sussex Premier Health...
Knitting volunteers who make knitted breasts, that are used to demonstrate and support parents during their feeding journeys, have been thanked...
Launch of East Sussex MSK Community Partnership. A new provider partnership for community Musculoskeletal (MSK) services in East Sussex...
Reg Coomber, recently carried out a sponsored 300 metre swim, raising an amazing £50,000...
One of the key priorities for the trust, along with our health and care partners across Sussex, is to reduce the time that people wait for care and treatment. In support of this aim, we have identified an opportunity to increase the overall number of day surgery procedures we can provide to our communities –…
Volunteers from across our trust have been recognised for their dedication with the presentation of long service awards at events held at both Conquest Hospital and Eastbourne DGH. The volunteers we have recognised this year have provided up to 30 years of committed service at our hospitals. They represented the many areas where our volunteers…
This week we are celebrating Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) as part of AHPs Day...
After four years leading the organisation, Joe Chadwick-Bell is moving to the West Midlands where she is taking on the role of Group Chief Executive at the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust. As many of you know, Joe grew up in East Sussex, beginning her NHS career in the Eastbourne pharmacy…
Earlier this month, nursing staff at Eastbourne District General Hospital hosted a visit from Duncan Barton, the new Chief Nursing Officer at NHS England, and Andrea Lewis, the Chief Nursing Officer for NHS England’s South East Region. Duncan and Andrea visited Michelham ward, the hospital’s gastroenterology ward, which cares for many of our patients who…
