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…
Our hospitals continue to be very busy – please use our A&E departments sensibly 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 we are urging people to please only attend if they are seriously unwell or critically injured. Both…
Our hospitals are very busy – please use our A&E departments sensibly 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 we are urging people to please only attend if they are seriously unwell or critically injured. Both Conquest Hospital…
Carols cheer up Irvine Unit patients The ‘Meet and eat lunch club’ run by Community Stroke Rehabilitation Team, for people recovering from a stroke teamed up with the Stroke Association’s ‘sing out for stroke’ group to sing Christmas carols to the patients at the Irvine Unit at Bexhill Hospital. Lynn Vincent, Rehabilitation Support Worker for…
The Outpatients department at Eastbourne DGH took part in Elf Day, a festive fundraiser to support the Alzheimer’s Society. Organised by the nursing staff, Elf Day included dressing as an elf, a cake sale and guess the name of the elf to raise funds for the Alzheimer’s Society. With the kind support and generosity of…
