The Friends of Eastbourne Hospital have donated new equipment, costing around £25,000, which tests for hearing loss in babies and young children. A national screening programme is in place to screen babies hearing. In most cases, screening takes place before the baby leaves hospital. Babies who fail the screen are referred to the Paediatric Audiology…
Trust’s ‘Doctors’ Assistant’ project shortlisted for national BMJ Award An innovative local project which created a new NHS role of ‘Doctors’ Assistant’ has earned national recognition. East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has been shortlisted into the final six for a prestigious national award. The award is the “BMJ Award for Clinical Leadership”. The Doctors’ Assistant…
The results of the latest NHS Staff Survey demonstrate improvements in many important areas since the previous year’s survey at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. 2016 National NHS staff survey – Results from East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust 2016 National NHS staff survey – Brief summary of results from East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust This…
Ten budding young musicians from local schools were appointed as Honorary Musicians in Residence for East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust by the charity Arts in Healthcare. The young musicians were presented with certificates by the High Sheriff of East Sussex Michael Foster DL who along with Medical Director Dr David Walker enjoyed listening to a…
The Trust’s UroGynaecology unit is the first in Sussex to attain national accreditation from the British Society of UroGynaecology following a recent inspection. It is one of only 22 units all over the country to gain this status. Accreditation status is given to the units for the high quality UroGynaecology service offered to patients and…
Bede’s Prep School Eastbourne has donated £590.63 towards a new CT scanner at Eastbourne DGH. Pupils from the school, Isla Salmon (10) and Tom Lloyd (12) presented a cheque to Dr Neil Barlow, Consultant Radiologist and Harry Walmsley, Chairman of the Friends of Eastbourne Hospital. Dr Neil Barlow Consultant Radiologist said: “We are very grateful…
Mr Raj Harshen, Consultant General Surgeon has been named as the Best Trainer in General Surgery, and the Surgical Assessment Unit (SAU) at Conquest Hospital, the best place for acute surgical training across the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Deanery. Mr Anthony Thaventhiran, Surgical Registrar and Deanery Representative for the Association of Surgeons in Training said:…
The Friends of Conquest Hospital have donated a Bladder Scanner to Cookson Attenborough Ward at Conquest Hospital. The new scanner, costing £6,000, will be used to measure bladder volume particularly for patients who have undergone surgery. Debbie Baker, Ward Matron on Cookson Attenborough Ward said: “We are extremely grateful to the Friends of Conquest Hospital…
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…
