From a simple microwave for a ward whose staff want to heat up home-made food on their lunch break to a million-pound investment in a surgical robot to keep the DGH at the forefront of prostate cancer treatment, the Friends will consider and consequently fundraise for any equipment, amenity or service that the hospital, its staff and consequently its patients, need.
We produce Hospitality magazine four times a year, filling it with news from the Friends, details of upcoming events and fundraisers, and interesting articles related to the community and the hospital, its staff or volunteers. Printed copies are available at various outlets in the hospital; members of the Friends receive their copy in the post; and the current issue, along with all archived issues, is available online here.
After a year of fundraising and enormous support from members and the community as a whole, the Friends were proud to announce that they had completed their 2023 Major Project, to provide £400k of equipment to the new cardiac catheter labs at the DGH. An opening ceremony was held to celebrate the installation of the […]
Read MoreWe visited a very happy Respiratory Medicine team who were so pleased to show us the bronchoscope we had purchased for the department following their successful bid to the Friends. Additional equipment was considered essential in order to increase the number of diagnostic procedures which consultants could perform for patients on the lung cancer pathway. […]
Read MoreThe Friends of Eastbourne Hospital received a lovely invitation from the Building for our Future Team to visit the Staff Restaurant and Coffee Shop as a thank you for the funding the Friends had provided towards the areas’ refurbishment. Following a successful bid from the Building for our Future team, the Friends contributed £10,000 to […]
Read MoreThe excitement with which the Occupational Therapy team talk about their new assessment kitchen, and the patient assessment items which the Friends have funded within it, is incredibly infectious. The Friends of Eastbourne Hospital, who donated £4,500 towards improvements and equipment in response to a bid from the OT Department, were invited to see what […]
Read MoreIn 2021 it was announced that the Friends Major Project for the following year would be to raise £500k towards a replacement Da Vinci Robot for the Urology department at the DGH. The previous Robot, purchased by the Friends in 2015, had revolutionised the treatment of so many patients but, after daily use for seven […]
Read MoreLeaving a legacy helps us to support the medical teams who help patients, their families and friends in more ways than you may imagine. A legacy is an amazing way for your generosity and kindness to last beyond your own lifetime.
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