2021 News

3 February 2021
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New prenatal seasonal influenza and whooping cough vaccination clinics

A new service offering prenatal vaccinations against seasonal influenza and whooping cough for those who are pregnant, has been introduced by community midwives at the Trust. Started in January 2021, this new service is offered at the 20-week anomaly scan and has been very positively received. In January, 402 vaccinations were administered at Conquest Hospital…

28 January 2021
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Green light for new nursery building at Conquest Hospital 

Planning permission has been granted for a new purpose built nursery at Conquest Hospital, to replace the existing temporary nursery building, and is anticipated to open in early autumn. The new purpose built nursery will provide 55 places a day for children aged 4 months to 8 years whose parents work for ESHT or the NHS.…

27 January 2021
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Remembering Dr Edward Katz on Holocaust Memorial Day

On Holocaust Memorial Day (27th January 2020) we are remembering Dr Edward Katz, who was born in 1913 in Berlin and escaped the Nazi regime by coming to the UK in the 1930s and who worked in a hospital in Eastbourne. Dr Katz was initially exempted from internment in 1939, although he was later briefly…

26 January 2021
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Newly refurbished Devonshire Ward opens

A newly refurbished 26 bedded medical ward, which will give additional capacity to the hospital has opened at Eastbourne DGH after a complete refit, to improve the caring environment.

4 January 2021
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Update to maternity services across Sussex

We are very sorry, but due to the current unprecedented situation with an increase in cases of Covid-19 across Sussex, immediate changes are being made to maternity services to ensure that all births can take place as safely as possible. Our local ambulance service is under significant pressure. Whilst they are prioritising urgent 999 calls,…