Patient-facing staff at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust and care home workers have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as the programme launched at East Surrey Hospital. The first vaccines were given on Monday 4 January 2020, with 975 doses of the Pfizer / BioNTec

Clinical nurse specialists at East Surrey Hospital are working with charities from across Surrey and Sussex to help local carers by bringing together support and advice at a carers’ event taking place on 9 June. Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, which runs the hospital in Redhil

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust proudly celebrated the compassion and commitment of its nurses on International Nurses Day (12 May). Fiona Allsop, chief nurse, praised her team and thanked them for providing consistent, quality care and support to patients and their families. F

Many people do not feel comfortable talking about dying, but a conversation around end of life issues should be encouraged – that’s the message from the Macmillan Palliative care nurses at East Surrey Hospital in Redhill, who supported Dying Matters Awareness Week (9-15 May). The them

Kirsten McHale, clinical nurse specialist for paediatric epilepsy at East Surrey Hospital, has been shortlisted in the Best Practice category of the national Young Epilepsy Champions Awards. Kirsten is one of only four people to be shortlisted from hundreds of nominations. This is rec

Nurses looking for a new job closer to home are invited to a cardiology nursing recruitment day from 10am – 2pm on Saturday 16 April at the Surrey and Sussex Heart Centre at East Surrey Hospital, Redhill. Keith Middleton, matron, said: “Our recruitment event is an ideal opportun

Bowel cancer is one of the country’s biggest cancer killers but the Endoscopy team at East Surrey Hospital are hoping to demystify the diagnosis of the illness with an open day in their high tech unit. The staff, who also provide a range of gastro-intestinal and therapeutic services,

Ever since she was a little girl Patti Sinnamon wanted to be a nurse. “I can remember when I was a young I used to run around the house with my first aid playset” said the dedicated carer. Now after 43 years’ working in the NHS Patti is retiring and swapping her job at East Surrey Hos

Are you a physiotherapist, occupational therapist or dietician looking for a new challenge?  If so, then the therapy team at East Surrey Hospital wants to meet you at their recruitment event on 21 March. Come along to the hospital’s postgraduate centre between 3-6pm and find out more

Early diagnosis for ovarian cancer saves lives – that’s the message from the cancer nurses at East Surrey Hospital. March is ovarian cancer awareness month and Macmillan clinical nurse specialists Jo Humpherson and Liz Darragh have been busy handing out information and talking to visi