Doctors and Nurses at East Sussex Healthcare have taken part in a national drive to raise awareness of a condition in people living with diabetes. Hypoglycaemia, also known as a “hypo”, happens when the blood glucose levels of people with diabetes drop too low and they can feel shaky, unwell and can even slip into…
The Annual Baby Remembrance Service will be held in the Chapel of the Holy Cross at Conquest Hospital, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-Sea, on Sunday 9th October 2016 at 3.00pm. All who have suffered the loss of a child, no matter how long ago, are welcome to come to the service. The service will be a…
The next Trust Board meeting of East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust will take place on Wednesday 12th October at 11.00am in the Lecture Theatre, Education Centre, Conquest Hospital, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex,TN37 7RD. Meetings are held in public and papers for the meeting can be downloaded here>> The Trust Board meets in public bi-monthly.
Three new doctors have joined ESHT’s Emergency Departments following a successful recuitment opportunity in India, by one of our senior consultants. Mr Utham R Shanker, Consultant in Emergency Medicine was visiting India to conduct the Royal College of Emergency Medicine exams, and at the same time managed to recruit the trio. Mr Shanker said: “It…
Project SEARCH a supported internship programme, is building on the success of the previous two years work by providing 11 young people with a learning disability or difficulty, the opportunity to access a range of internships with the East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. In the upcoming year, the young people who are aged between 17…
Patients from across the county are benefitting from a much improved ESHT stroke service since it was centralised at Eastbourne DGH three years ago. Our specialist stroke unit, offers specialised assessment and diagnosis to patients presenting with stroke symptoms and the service has exceeded performance targets and is receiving excellent feedback from patients and their…
Catrina Turner, Foundation Programme Administrator in the medical education department, has been awarded for her pastoral support to around 50 Foundation Year 1 and 2 junior doctors in training at Conquest Hospital. Catrina was nominated Dr Geoffrey Lie, Foundation Year Doctor who wrote about what he described as an “exceptional colleague”. He said: “Catrina has…
The contribution Mentors and Preceptors make to peoples’ healthcare careers was recognised at the ESHT Mentor of the Year Awards held at the Cooden Beach Hotel in Bexhill. The mentors were nominated by the nurses and healthcare care staff they mentor, with the ceremony culminating in the presentation of awards. Alice Webster Director of Nursing…
Celebrations have taken place to mark the 20th anniversary of the Hydrotherapy pool at Conquest Hospital having opened in 1996. The physiotherapy department marked the event with hydrotherapy demonstrations followed by a celebratory lunch for staff, patients and the Trust Board. The pool offers 34 sessions of hydrotherapy per week to provide the service to…
Building work has restarted on the new £15 million Radiotherapy Centre at Eastbourne DGH. It is anticipated the new Radiotherapy Centre will open to receive its first patients in May 2017. Once completed the new radiotherapy centre will significantly reduce the need for cancer patients to travel outside East Sussex for vital radiotherapy treatment. Currently,…
