The work of the dedicated staff who go that extra mile was recognised at Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust’s recent Staff Annual Awards 2013 Ceremony. Over 100 people were invited to the event and there was plenty to celebrate as awards were presented across 11 categories as we

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has got the best score possible in the CQC’s risk rating, announced yesterday. The CQC have taken the results of their ‘intelligent monitoring’ and grouped the 161 acute NHS trusts into six bands based on the risk that people might not be receivi

Reigate MP Crispin Blunt highlighted the growing reputation of East Surrey Hospital when he performed the official opening ceremony of the main entrance today (21). The entrance is the latest in a series of improvements at the Earlswood site and provides patients and visitors with a s

Book in one hand, cup of tea in the other. As part of the Surrey Reading Challenge the local public library service provided a collection of fiction for NHS staff to borrow from the East Surrey Hospital library over the summer. The challenge ran from July 15th until September 14th and

Safer surgery was the focus last week with the launch of a new safer surgery checklist created by our surgeons. The checklist formalises the pre and post-surgery checks that the theatre teams follow on every patient and for every procedure. Our theatres have followed the WHO 5-step ch

We hosted a conference on Norovirus last month where we invited our community partners to join us to decide the best way to prevent and control the spread of Norovirus this year. Nothing like this has ever been done before, and is just one way that we are proactively trying to tackle

Supporters gathered at East Surrey Hospital on Friday (4 October 2013) to support the ever popular Macmillan World’s Biggest Coffee Morning event. As well as enjoying a cup of coffee and slice of cake, there was the chance to participate in a raffle and other fundraisers, safe in the

All GP referral letters, except those referred through the Choose & Book or Two Week Rule method, must be sent direct to: OUTPATIENT BOOKING OFFICE, EAST SURREY HOSPITAL, CANADA AVENUE, REDHILL, RH1 5RH. Please don’t send referral letters direct to a consultant, a medical secretar

Leading the way in their campaign to get all staff vaccinated against the flu before winter is Medical Director Dr Des Holden and Chief Nurse Fiona Allsop.  The message from bosses at Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, which runs the hospital, is protect yourself, your families