Help us raise £250K to complete a million pound project.
The Friends of Eastbourne Hospital have agreed to support the new Sussex Surgical Centre as their Major Project of 2025 and will be fundraising to raise £250,000 to complete a £1 million donation towards this.
What is the Sussex Surgical Centre?
The Sussex Surgical Centre is a new building at the DGH, and will be a modern, purpose-built day surgery unit which will include a pre-assessment area, four theatres, admission, recovery and discharge space as well as support facilities on the ground floor. The upper floor will house an extension to the endoscopy unit. The centre is scheduled to open from 7am to 11pm, with procedures being conducted from 8am to 6pm, initially five days a week before moving to six days in the future.
This provision will offer Sussex residents the opportunity to have their day surgery procedure performed more quickly and in a purpose-built environment that allows extra capacity to address both current and future surgical needs.
The unit has been named the Sussex Surgical Centre to reflect the role of the new centre and how it will support not just care in the Eastbourne and East Sussex areas but across the whole of Sussex. It is on track to open in the spring of 2025.
Where will the million pounds be spent?
Of this £1 million pound donation, we have been asked to invest just over £500K in equipment for the Centre. Specifically, this includes:
- Two orthopaedic stack systems to facilitate keyhole surgery (£201K)
- An ENT microscope (£107K)
- 13 electric theatre trolleys (£115K)
- 9 patient monitoring systems for post operative recovery (96K)
Working in partnership with the Hospital Trust we have also agreed to support the development of an Endoscopy Unit on the upper floor of the Sussex Surgical Centre to a further total of £500K. This money will be used to purchase equipment such as colonoscopes and gastroscopes.
This will make Eastbourne DGH the biggest provider of Endoscopy care in the Trust.
How has the existing £750K been funded?
The financial assets the Friends can currently commit to this project amount to approximately £750K, and this large donation has been made possible by some very generous legacies that have been received. We would like to thank everyone who considers the Friends of Eastbourne Hospital to benefit in this way.
Why Your Support Matters
It remains to us and our fabulous members and supporters to raise the final £250K!
This is such an exciting project for the Friends. A brand new hospital build on the Eastbourne site is wonderful for the town and we hope that the community will support this fundraising. The Trust management are incredibly appreciative of the support of Friends of Eastbourne Hospital and there will be a sign at the front entrance to acknowledge the Friends huge contribution.
You can help support the appeal in many ways including:
- Donating directly to the project online here or visiting our donations page here to find out the many other ways in which you can donate
- Joining the Friends as an individual or corporate member
- Organising our own fundraising event through work, social groups, or school
- Making the appeal your business’s charity of the year
- Supporting our project through a gift in your will
Please contact the Friends Office on 01323 749503 or by email on esh-tr.friendsdgh@nhs.net for more information.