1 July 2016

Integrated service improves support for families

Families will receive the right support at the right time thanks to the launch of a new integrated service which brings health visiting and children’s centres together. East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust and East Sussex County Council have launched the service to ensure they can offer more effective support regardless of which organisation is delivering…

29 June 2016

Successful open day at Bexhill Hospital Ophthalmology Day Unit

Over 100 people visited the Ophthalmology Day Unit at Bexhill Hospital when it opened its doors for the public to see behind the scenes of the specialist unit that operates on people’s eyes. Staff from the unit were available to guide people through the patient’s surgical journey and answer their questions. Visitors were also able…

28 June 2016

Stroke awareness event in St Leonards

Our Community Stroke Rehabilitation Team (CSRT) will be promoting awareness of stroke and stroke prevention at Asda Supermarket in St Leonards-on-Sea on Thursday 7th July from 10.00am to 3.00pm. Jacquie Hinves, Community Stroke Specialist Nurse said: “Primary prevention of stroke is taken very seriously by the CSRT. Over the last four years we have been…

28 June 2016

Friends of the Conquest hospital make donation to Sleep Unit

The Friends of the Conquest hospital have kindly donated five sleep diagnostic kits worth £27,000, for sleep apnoea patients to use at Conquest Hospital. The kits will be used to diagnose both adult and children referred to the Conquest Sleep Disorders Unit. Staff were delighted with the new equipment. Jill Meeres, Principal Sleep Technologist and…

23 June 2016

Stroke awareness event found two out of five had raised blood pressure

Our Community Stroke Rehabilitation Team found two out of five people tested had a raised blood pressure and some had an irregular heartbeat, during a stroke awareness event held recently at Eastbourne’s Arndale Centre. The team spent time checking peoples pulse and blood pressure as well as offering advice on what they can do to…

22 June 2016

First new technological defibrillator and pacemaker in the South East fitted

The first combined defibrillator and pacemaker has been fitted to patient from East Sussex. Lorraine Danes from Ringmer is the first in the South East to be fitted with this newer type of device which has four wires to improve the function of the heart and is part of a European wide clinical trial. The…

17 June 2016

Donation to help stroke patients rehabilitation

The Friends of Community Physiotherapy have donated a cross trainer to Firwood House in Eastbourne, to help stroke patients with their rehabilitation. The new cross trained was unveiled by the Friends and was demonstrated by an enthusiastic patient, who explained the advantages he feels he has gained from working on this type of equipment. Norah…

13 June 2016

Newly appointed Director of Finance welcomed to the Trust

Jonathan Reid has been welcomed to the Trust as the newly appointed Director of Finance. Originally from Northern Ireland, he studied accountancy at Queen’s University, Belfast. After training as a chartered accountant at the National Audit Office, where he worked across a number of government departments, he spent a number of years working across health…

8 June 2016

Nutrition and dietetics team win monthly staff award

Three colleagues who work in the Nutrition and Dietetics department have been awarded the monthly staff award for their work transferring patient records onto a new system. Administrators, Janet Tennant, Linda Vince and Jackie Spencer worked tirelessly to help the implementation of a new system run smoothly, over a three week period. The work involved…

8 June 2016

Improvement highlighted in national inpatient survey

Our patients have identified improvements in 4 out of 5 areas with a number of areas showing significant improvement, in a survey conducted by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The results of the survey reflect the views of inpatients treated in our hospitals and is part of a national survey of patients. When compared with…