Tag archives for Conquest
These Boots Ain’t Made for Walking
ROD WEBB We’ve all seen deathly pale elderly people lying on the pavement waiting for an ambulance. As we get older, it might evoke the thought that ‘There but for…
Election Preparations Gather Pace
Of the eight Hastings Independents councillors on the borough council who defected en masse from the Labour party last December, six were elected in 2022 and are thus not up…
Letters: HIP Issue 218
Extraordinary Dear HIP, Thank you for the article An extraordinary life in HIP 214. So lovely to read and keep as a record. I have known Peter D’Arcy Champney for…
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…
Hastings Says “Enough is Enough!”
Simon Hester, Chair of Hastings & District Trades Union Council sums up what’s happening in Hastings and nationally. Hastings marches, 19 November 2022. Photo: Paulo Figurelli When multi-millionaire Nadhim Zahawi,…
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…
Cash for the Conquest, New Hospital for Eastbourne
Some details of the share that East Sussex NHS Trust (ESHT) is to receive of the government’s pledge to spend £ billion on 40 new hospitals and upgrades around England…