How we help the Hospital
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.
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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.
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Latest News from
 Friends of Eastbourne Hospital
Installation of the Gamma Camera, the Friends £500k 2024 Major Project
It’s the news we’d been waiting for! The Gamma Camera, which had been the Friends major fundraising project for 2024, had finally arrived in the Radiology Department of the DGH. A visit was scheduled, and we met the team who had taken receipt of this £500k piece of equipment, all fully funded by the Friends […]
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£400k target reached for 2023 Major Project
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 […]
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Bronchoscope donation to aid faster diagnosis of lung cancers
We 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. […]
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The Friends donate £10k towards Staff Restaurant and Coffee Shop
The 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 […]
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Equipping the OT Assessment Kitchen
The 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 […]
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Legacies
A gift in your Will
Leaving 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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