Trust News

On Monday 5 July at 3pm we welcome everyone to take five on what will be the NHS’ birthday and known as the tea party of the year – The NHS Big Tea. It will be a day of national reflection on all the hard work that has taken place since COVID-19 began, and an outpouring of love will be displayed nationally

NHS communications professional Donna Webster has been awarded a BEM (British Empire Medal) for services to the NHS during COVID-19, specifically working tirelessly to support staff from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds. As evidence emerged about the disproportionate impact that coronavi

Angela Stevenson has been appointed to the position of chief executive of Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (SASH) and will take on the role following Michael Wilson CBE’s planned retirement later this year. Angela has been chief operating officer at SASH since 2015, having previously led the Trust’s

A new report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has identified examples of outstanding practice and staff feeling ‘respected, supported and valued’ following an inspection of infection control at East Surrey Hospital. Inspectors visited the Redhill hospital, which is run by Surrey and Sussex Healthcare N

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (SASH) has opened a new purpose-built MRI department at East Surrey Hospital in partnership with InHealth. It boasts two state-of-the-art Siemens Sola MRI scanners as well as one of the UK’s first ceiling mounted MRI injector systems. The new scanners are ‘wide bore’

Michael Wilson CBE has today announced that he will retire later this year after serving 11 years as chief executive of Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (SASH) and 41 years in the NHS. In his time as chief executive, SASH has been transformed from an organisation with significant challenges to one of

Michael Wilson CBE, chief executive at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (SASH), has been named as one of the Health Service Journal (HSJ) 50 top leaders of NHS Trusts. The prestigious HSJ list assesses NHS leaders against three main criteria: the personal example set by the chief executive, the perfo

Staff at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (SASH) have again ranked the organisation among the best NHS trusts in the country in the annual national survey of NHS employees. The Trust’s staff rated the organisation fourth best acute trust in the country when asked if they would recommend it as a place

In the first month of 2021, East Surrey Hospital received over 1,000 heartfelt messages and ‘virtual hugs’ from loved ones to patients receiving care in hospital. Friends and relatives have been able to keep in touch via a dedicated email service, developed during the height of the coronavirus pandemic. Su