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

We have put plans in place to ensure the minimum inconvenience is caused to our patients during the junior doctors industrial action on Wednesday. Our teams of consultant and speciality doctors will be working and providing care during the strike alongside our nurses, therapists and o

The theatre team at East Surrey Hospital is holding an open event for registered and non-registered clinical staff.  This includes any student nurses and nursing assistants who would like to find out more about working in the hospital’s state of the art theatres. The event on Saturday

To mark International Nurses Day (12 May) and International Midwives Day (5 May) Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (SASH) held a celebratory event on 7 May at East Surrey Hospital in recognition of all SASH nurses and midwives, and to say thank you for the fantastic job they do.

Celebrating the exciting and positive work being done at Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust was on the agenda at the Trust’s Nurses Conference this week (23). Nurses, midwives, health care assistants and students came together at East Surrey Hospital to look at the work being do

Former England player Steve Coppell opened the new Comet Day Unit at Crawley Hospital on Monday (25). Steve, who is now Director of Football at Crawley Town FC, met patients, carers and staff from Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust in the bright new modern unit. The dedicated te

A healthcare watchdog has declared that East Surrey Hospital is meeting all the essential standards that the government says patients have the right to expect, following an unannounced visit by an inspection team. The Care Quality Commission visited the Redhill hospital in February an

Raising the standard of care for patients living with dementia is the goal of the 15 new Dementia Care Champions at East Surrey Hospital. The nurses and an occupational therapist have recently completed a course that highlighted the different needs of patients with dementia. The staff