Council Aims to Tackle Health Inequalities
By Merlin Betts Just last week, Kay Green and Lorraine Murphy started a petition titled – plain and simple – We need help using our NHS. It was addressed to East Sussex County Council and Hastings Borough Council (HBC),…
Ambulance Waiting Times Exposed
Leadership in the service provided by local NHS ambulance trust SECAmb (South East Coast Ambulance Service) was last month branded “inadequate” by the Care Quality Commission after an inspection earlier inthe year. The trust has been placed in a “Recovery…
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 February and April this year by Healthwatch East Sussex, a…
HEAR… HERE!
By Mark Dimmock Hastings hearing aid users can look forward to a relaunched service this summer from local charity East Sussex Hearing. The pop-in NHS hearing aid maintenance and battery replacement sessions will starton Tuesday 29th June and continue (subject…
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 several weeks in both Hastings and Rother. Local vaccination roll…
Vaccination Roll-Out:
“Courageous” and “Talent” The Conquest Hospital started its Covid vaccination programme at the end of December. Eastbourne DGH followed suit from 4th January. In each case, first doses were of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, code-named “Courageous”. Initial recipients were frontline health…
Join Sir Quentin Blake as part of lockdown history
Arts on Prescription aims to link the appropriate Creative Service with NHS, Health Care and Community Services to provide creative reminiscence and confidence-building activities to enhance wellbeing and reduce social isolation. Sir Quentin Blake has contributed to their latest project. As…
Morrisons Fund Mobile Medical Care for Homeless
The St John Ambulance Hastings Homeless Service aims to be accessible, approachable, and inclusive. It supports marginalised members of the community who find it difficult to access the NHS. The service provides general healthcare and first aid provision, as well…
“No Dates, No Details, No Consultation”
Protest causes a rethink over location of ‘pop-up’ Covid-19 test centre Alternative sites for the ‘occasional’ mobile testing unit, which appeared in the heart of Hastings Old Town, are now being investigated after it caused a nearby café to close…
MP Says No To Protecting NHS
Hastings and Rye MP Sally-Ann Hart was among 340 MPs – 339 of whom were Conservative – who voted against protecting the NHS in post-Brexit trade ; The ‘clause 17’ amendment to the Trade Bill, proposed by Green Party MP…