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…
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…
