Tag archives for Conquest Hospital
Taking on the NHS
ROSIE BROCKLEHURST FRANCZAK recounts the litany of health service errors that led up to the premature death of her husband Felicity LaurenceRosie and Paul Ultimately there is no headline story…
EXCLUSIVE: Local NHS Numbers in Recovery?
JAMES PRENTICE An exclusive investigation by the Hastings Independent has revealed sustained improvements in figures for the local NHS trust. These enhancements in service delivery are spread across a broad…
An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away!
EDWINA HUGHES On a recent visit to the Conquest Hospital I was greeted with a bright and colourful display of fresh fruit. I had stumbled upon Five a Day greengrocers…
News In Brief
Thousands petition Parliament over Conquest Cardiac Closure More than 6,000 Hastings residents have petitioned parliament in a bid to prevent cardiac facilities being transferred from the Conquest Hospital to Eastbourne.…
Thousands petition Parliament over Conquest Cardiac Closure
More than 6,000 Hastings residents have petitioned parliament in a bid to prevent cardiac facilities being transferred from the Conquest Hospital to Eastbourne. As reported in the Hastings Independent in…
WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND?
Letter Waiting for Improvement Dear HIP, On a recent evening my wife had a fall and I drove her to A&E at the Conquest Hospital. The time taken for triage,…
Long Waits For NHS Patients in East Sussex
The proportion of patients having to wait more than four hours in A&E departments in both the Conquest Hospital in Hastings and Eastbourne District General Hospital before being treated has…
Six Heroin Takers Treated in Conquest Hospital
Dave Young Sussex Police issued a warning earlier this month that a number of people have had to seek medical treatment in East Sussex – six of them at the…
Pickets at the Conquest
By Paul McLaughlin Nurses from the Conquest Hospital in Hastings joined with their colleagues in 55 NHS trusts across England last Wednesday (18 January) to strike as part of the…
Heart Surgery Stitch-Up?
Conquest Hospital Loses Out to Eastbourne on Future Despite an outcry by Hastings Borough councillors and more muted objections from within the local medical community, the Conquest Hospital is to…
Hospital Discharges: Should Do Better
A survey undertaken this year in East Sussex amongst NHS hospital patients shows an almost 50% dissatisfaction rating in respect of their discharge experience. The survey was carried out between…
Conquest Expands Emergency Space
The Emergency Department of the Conquest Hospital is set to be extended and “upgraded” at the cost of £ Construction and property services company Willmott Dixon Interiors, based in Letchworth,…
Reasons To Be Cheerful
MP Says Vaccine Take-Up Should Mean Holiday Easing Covid-19 numbers – for positive tests, for hospitalisations and for deaths – have all been reported on a sharply downward trend for…
Covid News
Two new vaccination centres have been opened in Hastings & Rother to supplement those at Kings Church (on the Ridge), Sidley and the Conquest hospital. Qualifying residents of Rye, Battle…
Local artist paints one of Hastings’ Everyday Heroes
Taking place across Southbank Centre, Everyday Heroes is an outdoor exhibition that celebrates the contributions that key workers and frontline staff have made during the pandemic. As part of this…
Coronavirus: The Conquest Is “Prepared”
In line with national planning directed by Public Health England (PHE), the Conquest hospital has established a priority assessment pod near its Accident and Emergency Department for patients suspected of…
Conquest Care Rated ‘Outstanding’
The Conquest Hospital has been rated “outstanding” by the national health and social care regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Following detailed inspections made last November and December the CQC…
Walk-In Centre
The medical walk-in centre at Station Plaza in Hastings will be kept open, re-styled as a Primary Care Hub and offering from December an “advanced nurse-practitioner-led service”. That is how…
ARTS DIARY
Glad to See You Conquest Hospital Summer 2019 Zoom Arts are delighted to be exhibiting an eclectic mix of members’ work at the Conquest Hospital from now throughout the summer,…
HASTINGS LITFEST NEWS
Springwatch star Lucy lifts the lid on animals’ hidden lives in hometown show By Alison Steel TV presenter and author Lucy Cooke will be demolishing the myths and mystique surrounding…
Free educational talks for older people
Be your own doctor - Avoiding Frailty in Older ; Fresh and entertaining talks for older people across four venues in Hastings, St Leonard’s, Bexhill and Rother during April and…
OPINION: Softly Killing the NHS
By Laurie Stone What exactly happens to our money that we pay to the government? We have a democratic system for electing our political representatives but no way of determining…
Have a Hastings Heart 2018
For the fourth year running, Hastings United FC have teamed up with the Kipling Children’s Ward, at the Conquest Hospital in Hastings, to bring some happiness and festive cheer to…
SEcamb Still Understaffed – Here’s Why
The NHS ambulance trust which serves the A & E department of the Conquest Hospital remains in special measures following inspections by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) between July and…
Q: When is a Walk-in Centre not a Walk-in Centre?
A: When it is replaced by a ‘Primary Care Community Hub’ By Emma Harwood Campaigners battling to prevent the closure of the Station Plaza Walk-in GP centre have vowed to keep…
No Longer ‘INADEQUATE’
Staff commended as trust makes good progress. Emma Harwood writes. Troubled East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust – which manages both the Conquest and Eastbourne District General hospitals – no longer needs…
Take A Stand Against Domestic Violence and Support the White Ribbon Campaign
Nationally 1 in 4 women and 1 in 6 men will be victims of domestic violence in their lifetime. 1 incident of domestic abuse is reported to the police every…
Support The Junior Doctors & Support The NHS in Hastings!
Join the march on Saturday 16 April to say “We Support The Junior Doctors – We Support The NHS”. Meet at Hastings Pier at 2pm. You don’t have to stand…