A new state-of-the art X-ray machine worth £61,000 has been unveiled in the operating theatres at Epsom Hospital, allowing surgeons, radiographers and the operating theatre staff to see live diagnostic X-ray images of the patient more clearly than ever before.
Following its inspection in November 2015, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) re-inspected some of the services at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust in January this year and has improved its assessment on two of its five key areas, rating the Trust ‘Good’ for caring and responsive.
NHS Sutton Clinical Commissioning Group’s Governing Body has agreed to directly award an interim, transitional contract for Sutton Community Services to the Sutton Health and Care Provider Alliance (with Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust hosting the contract) for a period of one plus one years (April 2019 to March 2021).
Local commissioners and providers of healthcare are joining forces to encourage people to talk more openly about dying, death and bereavement, including where they want to die and their funeral plans, as part of national Dying Matters Week, 14 – 20 May 2018.
A new dedicated advice line for pregnant women and mums who have recently given birth, which is staffed by midwives and offers clinical support around the clock, officially launched this week.
A group of 11 midwives from St Helier Hospital will take part in the Isle of Wight challenge (a 67 mile walk around the island), to raise funds for vital new equipment for the unit.
Staff from Epsom and St Helier hospitals are urging local people to take extra care over the Easter Bank holiday weekend and to only come to A&E in genuine emergencies. Last Easter, we saw 414 people come to A&E on Easter Sunday, and 1,668 people across the entire four day period.
Staff at Epsom and St Helier hospitals who have gone above and beyond the call of duty this winter were celebrated at a special awards ceremony recently, as they were crowned ‘Winter Heroes’ by none other than journalist and broadcaster Jeremy Vine.
