The Trust has started a new service aimed at supporting frail people to live independent and healthy lives out of hospital. The new team of eight Frailty Practitioners will coordinate the care of frail people so they can be supported to live independently at home. Using the advanced clinical skills of the team, a comprehensive…
Our Speech and Language Therapists were out in force for the first national Swallowing Awareness Day as they held a series of events around the Trust. The day highlighted swallowing disorders and explained how people can connect with health professionals who can help. Practical examples were used to illustrate swallowing problems including challenging people to…
A new service called Fibreoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) has been launched to help assess patients with a swallowing disorder, thanks to a generous donation from the Friends of Conquest Hospital. This new service uses a Video Endoscope and equipment which was purchased by the Friends and the equipment will make it easier to…
Work to improve the availability of health records for outpatient appointments has been recognised with the latest monthly staff award being given to Health Records staff who work across East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust’s sites. The availability of health records for outpatient appointments was a significant concern identified by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) during…
Our Infection Prevention and Control team were on ‘hand’ to raise the awareness of the importance of hand hygiene to prevent Health Care Associated Infection during World Hand Hygiene Day. Over 1,000 staff, patients and visitors signed a paper hand to show their commitment to hand hygiene. The paper hands were then used to decorate…
Our Community Stroke Rehabilitation Team are at the Arndale Centre in Eastbourne on Tuesday 17th May 2016 to promote awareness of stroke and stroke prevention. Members of our Community Stroke Rehabilitation Team will be available from 10.00am to 2.30pm to check your pulse and blood pressure to see if you have “missed a beat”. They…
We’ve welcomed seven staff nurses who have joined us from Italy, Spain and Romania, as part of our extensive recruitment campaign in Europe and overseas to attract more nurses to work at the Trust. Four will be working at Conquest Hospital and three at Eastbourne DGH. The nurses will spend a week being introduced into…
Our Speech and Language Therapists are supporting national Swallowing Awareness Day with a series of events on 11th May 2016. Like breathing, swallowing is essential to everyday life. Humans swallow at least 900 times a day, around three times an hour during sleep, once per minute while awake and even more during meals. The aim…
The Chaplain at Conquest Hospital, Graham Atfield, has been licensed by the Archdeacon of Chichester, The Venerable Douglas McKittrick. The service took place at the Church of St John the Evangelist in Hollington, as the parish church of Conquest Hospital, and means that Graham has been formally accredited to undertake the role of chaplain by…
Representatives from the ten year old Save the DGH campaign group met with the Trust’s new senior leadership team last week. Newly appointed Chief Executive, Dr Adrian Bull and other Trust executives, met with SDGH representatives on Friday, and recently appointed Chairman, David Clayton-Smith, met with SDGH representatives on Saturday. The meetings were hugely constructive…
