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Paramedics deliver baby in ambulance
Eastbourne Today
The mum and child were taken to Eastbourne DGH but discharged from the hospital later that day.

Dismay over Trust consultancy bill
Hastings Observer

Is Eastbourne DGH losing fight for its future?
Eastbourne Today
Their fight is continuing and Eastbourne MP Stephen Lloyd will be chairing a meeting in Parliament later this month between Sussex MPs ...

Save the DGH moves up a gear Health Eastbourne Herald
THE CAMPAIGN group which fought tooth and nail to keep maternity services here in Eastbourne is preparing to mobilise its forces once again amid concerns ...

£1.5bn Bailout for Seven NHS Trusts...
Mail Online
The Government has announced a £1.5 billion bailout for NHS trusts suffering serious financial problems. Seven hospital trusts have been identified as the most likely to need extra cash to relieve major financial pressures. The trusts will need to meet four 'key tests' before receiving funding from a pot of up to £1.5 billion over 25 years.

Stressed Health Trust staff under added pressure
Eastbourne Today

Hospital trust's £4million invoice for outside advice
Hastings Observer
... which also runs Eastbourne DGH, had spent £4105605 on outside advice. ... “Spending £4 million on how to save £4 million is a little bizarre. ...

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September 28th

A protest against the current proposals to remove emergency heart intervention treatment and possible threat AGAIN to downgrade our Maternity unit this morning saw over 200 people join us at 7.30am. An open letter (see link) was handed over to Darren Grayson Chief Executive of ESHT (the Trust that run Eastbourne DGH) and Stuart Welling who is the Chair of ESHT.

 

On the 15th September we said......

We have been told that emergency treatment (intervention) for heart attack victims is not going to be done at Eastbourne DGH with patients being taken to the Conquest in Hastings from April 2012. If you speak to anyone with medical expertise even they agree that this must remain at both hospitals. There has been no consultation on this and as far as we are aware even the local doctors are unaware!!

It is almost 5 years (to the day – 16th September) that people marched in protest at proposals to downgrade our local Maternity unit. We fought these proposals and eventually in September 2008 the Secretary of State for Health agreed with us and said the local NHS must not do this.

We remain very concerned about the Maternity Review being carried out by the Trust which runs the hospital which we think may result once again in downgrading the local unit. So now with this other threat it does beg the question what price do you put on lives!! We are extremely concerned and will fight any plans to downgrade the DGH or take away any core service it provides for the people of Eastbourne and all the surrounding towns and villages.

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