2011 News

November 2011

Union leader has 'grave concerns' over hospital cuts
Hastings Observer
... need to be introduced to save a mammoth £100million over the next five years. ... to look at things as one hospital on two sites (DGH and the Conquest). ...

First-time mothers who opt for home birth face triple the risk of death or brain damage in child
Mail Online
First-time mothers who opt for a home birth are almost three times more likely to have a baby who dies or suffers brain damage, says a major report.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2065928/First-time-mothers-opt-home-birth-face-triple-risk-death-brain-damage-child.html#ixzz1ewC8EOGZ

Staff upset by hospital chief's latest warning
Eastbourne Today
UNION bosses at the DGH have hit out at comments made by the hospital's chief ... would be needed to save a mammoth £100million over the next five years. ..

New warning over Eastbourne DGH Health Eastbourne Herald
THE BOSS of the DGH has warned people in Eastbourne to get used to the idea that they may have to travel to Hastings for treatment. More....

Official Save the DGH, Eastbourne - Photos | Facebook
Official Save the DGH, Eastbourne - We are the organisation campaigning to save core services at the Eastbourne District General Hospital and maintain the ...

 

October 2011

Future of East Sussex maternity services under the spotlight
The Argus
Leading campaigner Liz Walke, from Eskdale Close, Eastbourne, said: “Nothing has changed since the last time and women will still be at risk if they have to ...

Confusion over £87000 heart scanner decision
Eastbourne Today
However, Save The DGH lobbyist Liz Walke is confused over an approach which seems to be investing in one area of heart treatment, while cutting back on ...

House to home with MP Stephen Lloyd: Cardiac proposals were bolt ...
Eastbourne Today
... exploring every single political avenue with the ever present and hardworking chair of the cross-party Save the DGH campaign, Liz Walke, to preserve ...

 

September 2011

Hundreds protest at possible Eastbourne DGH cutsFrom The Argus
More than 250 people have turned out to protest against possible cuts to hospital services.

Health adviser says days of district hospitals are numbered
BBC News
He says there are more cardiologists at DGH. Eastbourne has the largest population in East Sussex and he says that "cardiologists at the Conquest in

Herald Opinion: Have your heart attack before 5pm!
Eastbourne Today
Save the DGH campaigners have vowed to fight the plans, which could take place as early as spring 2012, and also the recently exhumed and extremely ...

Heart unit hit by downgrade
Eastbourne Today
The decision even came as a surprise to staff at the East Sussex Hospitals Trust which runs the DGH – particularly as the hospital has not long ago invested ...

Doctor defends downgrade at DGH Health Eastbourne Herald
The pPCI servicethe area which will soon no longer operate past 5pm from the DGH currently alternates weekly between Eastbourne and Hastings Running the ...

Liz - No East Sussex GP would speak in support of this crazy decision.  Dr Andrew Foulkes is from West Sussex!!!

Eastbourne hospital maternity services campaign resumes
BBC News
Members of the Save DGH campaign demonstrated outside the hospital before the AGM of the East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. The campaign was formed five...

Herald Opinion: A sense of anger and betrayal over DGH proposals
Eastbourne Today
The numbers weren't as great as they had been at the height of the Save The DGH protests but they will surely swell as this new campaign gathers momentum. ...

Hundreds stage DGH protest
Eastbourne Today
More than 200 people joined Liz Walke and the Save The DGH campaign team for an early start on Wednesday morning (September 28) at the hospital in Kings ...

Sept 4th Sunday Mirror Article - 24 Hours on a Maternity Ward

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August 2011

Fears rise over maternity units
Hastings Observer
She, together with Liz Walke, her counterpart from Save the DGH, won a fight in December 2007 to keep full maternity units when the NHS trust was looking to ...

Couple's seven-year wait for Ella's room
Eastbourne Today
They became active members of the Save the DGH campaign against threats to the maternity departments and, with the support of 75 friends and family, ...

Maternity Questionnaire

We reported that the local NHS Hospital Trust are carrying out yet another Maternity Review and as before we are anxious that the Consultant-led Maternity unit at the Eastbourne DGH may be downgraded to a midwife-led care unit. We remain very unhappy at another Maternity Review as the concerns about safety of women and babies remain unchanged since September 2008 when the then Secretary of State for Health said both Eastbourne and Hastings DGH's needed to keep their Maternity (Obstetric) services. However, the local NHS have involved the Campaign Group in some of the process and a Maternity Questionnaire was offered for people to have their say.

The questionaire actuallyclosed on 26th August - we hope that you all told as many people as as possible! We noted here that we still feel it strange that the travel times issue which was probably the single most important reason that Maternity should not be downgraded at either Eastbourne or Hastings DGH's was completely missed out of the questions.

Alerts/Other News and Updates

Plan for "temporary" closure......

The Campaign Group have received some very alarming news that one of the Maternity (obstetric) units, at either Eastbourne DGH or the Conquest, is planned to temporarily close from April 2011. This has been kept very hush hush with threatened disciplinary action for whistle-blowing if the news gets out. This is despite us successfully fighting against closure in September 2008!! This smacks in the face of democracy and we will fight this closure – temporary or permanent!! Please continue to support us and do whatever you can to help. If you have any information regarding this, please feel free to contact us. We can assure you of complete anonymity. We will keep you informed.

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