Patients at Conquest Hospital are the first in the South East to be offered a new procedure to lower blood pressure called ‘Renal Denervation Ultrasound’. The procedure, performed under a local anaesthetic, directs a small device via the patients’ blood vessels to the renal artery where it then uses ultrasound energy to reduce the activity…
Members of our Estates team have been recognised with a monthly staff award for their hard work following an external power supply interruption in December, which caused the Eastbourne DGH site to run on standby generators, for an extended period. The team of Ian Phillips, Ricky Ornelas, Peter Paine, Dave Gosden and Colin Goddard were…
Five paintings of sunflowers have been donated to the maternity department at Conquest Hospital by the local Darvell Bruderhof community in Robertsbridge. The pictures were painted by children aged eight to ten who were inspired by the work of Vincent Van Gogh. The donation was the idea of Sadie and Colin Stangl, who had their…
The Lord Lieutenant of East Sussex Peter Field has officially opened The Friends of Eastbourne Hospital new flower shop. The new flower shop is located by the entrance to the main public car park at Eastbourne DGH and offers visitors to the hospital and the local community the opportunity to purchase flowers and floral arrangements.…
An assurance review of the administration of East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust’s Outpatient departments has given the service a rating of “reasonable assurance”, the second highest rating (out of four). The review was undertaken by business assurance specialists TIAA and follows the reconfiguration of the service in 2014 and the introduction of new systems to…
New pathology laboratories with the latest advanced diagnostic equipment have opened at Conquest Hospital and Eastbourne DGH. The new equipment is part of an £18 million, seven year contract with Roche Diagnostics Ltd to provide some of the most advanced pathology equipment available. The pathology laboratories at both Conquest Hospital and Eastbourne DGH have been…
The Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) at Conquest Hospital and Litlington Ward at Eastbourne DGH are the first winners of the Infection Prevention and Control Team’s newly introduced ‘Clean Care Award’. The Infection Prevention and Control Team will make this award quarterly and it is awarded to the ward, unit or department who has achieved…
Specialist Nurse Annie Swann has won the Trust’s monthly staff award for her support and compassion with the families she helps. Sue Curties – Safeguarding Named Nurse, Acute Safeguarding children said: “Annie is responsible for representing East Sussex Healthcare with the process that follows when a child unexpectedly dies. This is a deeply challenging role…
The new role of Doctors’ Assistant is being pioneered at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. Six Doctors’ Assistants have started in this new role which will see them undertake admin work and essential duties alongside doctors. They will help junior doctors with core tasks to free up their time so they spend less time on…
The CT department at Eastbourne DGH has won the Trust’s monthly staff award for their rapid approach to scanning patients as quickly as possible. Emma Owens, Consultant Radiologist said: “The CT staff are flexible and helpful, ensuring patients are scanned as quickly and appropriately as possible, despite being permanently inundated with requests and often short…
