Our Voluntary Services department is looking to recruit volunteers to become ‘Dementia Care Companions’. The role would include playing games, reading and being a general companion to inpatients with dementia to provide them with more personal interaction and distraction from daily ward life. If you are interested in voluntering for this position, please contact either…
The Trust has welcomed a new group of 13 nurses from the Philippines who have arrived to take up staff nurse positions at Conquest Hospital and Eastbourne DGH. The nurses will spend a week being introduced into the organisation and will then start working on the wards. This will initially be as unregistered nurses whilst…
Following the success of winning the contract to continue to be the provider of integrated Sexual Health and HIV treatment and care services in East Sussex, our Sexual Health services held open events to launch the new service and give people the chance to discuss with staff the range of services available and look around…
Nine budding music stars of the future have been appointed as honorary Musicians in Residence for East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust by the charity Arts in Healthcare. Alex Bailey, Henry Bristow, Beth Couch, Niamh Hayden-Ling, Harry Keeble, Thomas Pickering, Donya Rafati, Frances Thomas-Barrell and Francesca Tilley will give their time for free to play at…
Colleagues gathered earlier this month to celebrate the retirement of Dr Janet McGowan, who has worked in Eastbourne for over 30 years. Dr McGowan divided her time between working as a Consultant Anaesthetist and a Pain Management Consultant during her career. She retired from her Consultant Anaesthetist post last year but has continued her work…
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is continuing to recruit more nurses from both home and abroad to work at Eastbourne DGH, Conquest Hospital and in the community. The recruitment overseas is in response to a national shortage of trained nurses which has led the government to temporarily change the restrictions on nurse recruitment from outside…
People who need healthcare support across East Sussex are being urged to choose the right service as the local NHS faces huge demand. NHS emergency and urgent care services across the county are experiencing major spikes in demand, with significant increases in people attending A&E and ringing for an ambulance. GP services and walk-in-centres at…
A campaign by East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust to recruit more Healthcare Assistants has seen almost all vacancies successfully recruited to. Currently 98.8% of Healthcare Assistant posts within the organisation are filled, with this figure expected to rise to 100% by the end of the month. Healthcare Assistants play a key role in the organisation,…
The Trust has signed an £18 million, seven year contract with Roche Diagnostics Ltd to provide some of the most advanced pathology diagnostic equipment available. With an estimated 70 to 80% of all healthcare diagnoses and decisions being directly influenced by pathology test results, this agreement will have a significant positive impact on pathology reporting…
During the planned industrial action by Junior Doctors from 8.00am Wednesday 9th March to 8.00am Friday 11th March, the Trust has put in place plans to ensure that services we run are safe during this time: from 8.00am Wednesday 9th March to 8.00am Friday 11th March, emergency care will be prioritised – we expect to…
