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University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust runs seven hospitals across five sites with additional satellite facilities and community services caring for 1.8 million people in Sussex.

25/12/2025

From all of us at UHSussex, we wish you a very Merry Christmas. 🎄

As we celebrate this festive season, we want to extend our gratitude to our incredible colleagues working today across our hospitals, ensuring patients receive the best care possible every day of the year. Being in hospital over Christmas can be very difficult, so the efforts of our colleagues who go above and beyond to make it as festive and joyous as they can, means the world to those we care for.

We also thank our patients, volunteers and local community. Your support and dedication makes a difference every day.

Whether you celebrate Christmas, another holiday, or simply enjoy this time of year, we hope it brings you joy, peace, and happiness.

Wishing you all a happy and safe festive period. 💙

24/12/2025

🎄 Our tiniest patients enjoyed some festive fun as they get ready for their very first Christmas - at home!

Families of premature babies cared for on the neonatal units at St Richard’s and Worthing hospitals came together this month for a special festive celebration to mark the joyful milestone.

Our neonatal team hold a monthly community clinic, giving families a welcoming space to connect, share experiences, and access specialist support. As part of our Family Integrated Care approach, the clinic helps parents feel confident, empowered, and supported caregivers long after leaving the ward.

Katie Jones, Family Integrated Care Lead Nurse, explains: “Lots of families tell us it’s their first group that they feel they can go to because they know parents have shared a similar journey and it helps them feel less lonely in their experiences. They know their baby won’t be perhaps the smallest or the only one that’s had that experience, so they feel less self-conscious and safer.”

Among the little ones joining the festive session was Stevie, born at just 24 weeks and weighing only 520g. After a challenging start and a month on St Richard’s neonatal unit, she’s now thriving, recently coming off daytime oxygen and getting ready for her first Christmas at home.

Her mum, Sam, shared: “Hands down the nurses were amazing, I wouldn’t have gotten through it without any of them. Everyone was just so caring. I feel like they look after your baby just as if they were their own.

“I’ve still stayed in contact with everyone. It’s really lovely. They helped myself and my partner grow in confidence."

The festive clinic was filled with Christmas outfits, mistletoe baby feet keepsakes, and even a magical visit from Father Christmas 🎅 with gifts kindly funded by The Ickle Pickles charity.

Fiona Stubbs, Head of Nursing for Neonates, said: “There’s nothing more joyful than knowing our little ones are doing so well and spending their very first Christmas where they belong, at home with their families. Seeing them reach this milestone is incredible and we wish them a very special Christmas.”

Wishing all our neonatal families a peaceful, magical first Christmas. 💙

23/12/2025

We’re incredibly grateful to Friends of Chichester Hospitals for donating two specialist chairs to our Critical Care Unit that will make a real difference to patients spending long periods in hospital.

Daisy Hetreed, Critical Care Unit Manager, shared just how meaningful this is: “These chairs offer significant emotional and psychological benefits. Some patients remain in the Critical Care Unit for over 100 days. For them, something as simple as a trip to another part of the hospital can be a profound and uplifting experience. These chairs make such moments possible.”

Thank you to the charity for helping us support comfort, dignity, and recovery for some of our most vulnerable patients. 💙

22/12/2025

After 487 days in hospital, baby Ellie is finally home – just in time for Christmas! 🌟

Born at just 23 weeks and weighing less than a bag of sugar, Ellie’s journey has been extraordinary. From surgery just days after birth to months of intensive care, there were moments when survival felt impossible – but Ellie never stopped fighting.

Describing how it feels to have Ellie home finally, her mum Sarah said: “It’s quite possibly the best feeling of my entire life – being a normal mum. It’s everything.”

Over more than a year at the Royal Sussex County Hospital and the Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital, our teams became “like family,” offering expert care and compassion every step of the way.

Sarah explains: “When you find a unit that not only makes your child feel safe, but you as a parent too, it’s so rare. Everyone there played such an important part in our journey – the nurses, consultants, dietitians, physios, students.”

Today, Ellie is enjoying buggy walks, baby classes, and even meeting Father Christmas! 🎅

Wishing Sarah, Ellie and their family a truly magical Christmas – and a huge thank you to every colleague who made this homecoming possible.

Read Ellie's heart-warming story in the comments 👇

21/12/2025

🚨 Today, our A&E departments are seeing a high number of walk-ins.

To ensure we maintain a safe service and can focus on the sickest and most injured patients, we need your help.

Please do not come to hospital if your condition isn’t a life-threatening illness or injury. For anything non-urgent, please consider alternative providers. If your GP is not available, please consider walk-in centres and minor injuries units - most of these are open during the weekend: www.sussex.ics.nhs.uk/your-care/local-nhs-services/get-the-right-care/

Please be reminded that 999 and A&E are still the right service when someone is seriously ill or injured, or their life is at risk.

Thank you for supporting our hospitals and being kind and respectful to our teams. 💙

20/12/2025

This weekend, as the strikes continue, we must ensure we can help those most unwell, so you may be redirected from our A&Es if you could be treated elsewhere.

Think pharmacy, walk-in centre or MIU for anything that isn't a life-threatening emergency.

Help our teams by choosing the correct service: https://www.sussex.ics.nhs.uk/your-care/local-nhs-services/get-the-right-care/

19/12/2025

A big thank you to Rapid Relief Team UK. 🎉

Our emergency team at Worthing Hospital were treated to a well-earned pick-me-up courtesy of the incredible volunteers from the RRT charity, who have previously visited our other hospitals.

Volunteers served up some lovely treats—recognising the compassion, resilience, and unwavering commitment our staff show every day in delivering high-quality urgent care under immense pressure.

Staff happily expressed how 'it had made their day' and that this kind gesture was a real morale booster.

Thank you for lifting spirits and showing such genuine appreciation during a very challenging time in our A&Es. 💙

19/12/2025

🚨 Our A&E departments are under pressure.

As the resident doctors’ strikes continues, Sarah, an A&E consultant and A&E Matron, Harriet, at St Richard’s Hospital, share how the public can help by saving A&E for serious and life-threatening emergencies.

Alternatives to get the care you need:
🚶 Use a minor injuries unit (MIU), walk-in centre or urgent treatment centre
👩‍⚕️ Visit your GP
💊 Speak to your local pharmacy

Find the right service for you: www.sussex.ics.nhs.uk/your-care/local-nhs-services/get-the-right-care/

By choosing the right service, you’ll help colleagues just like Sarah and Harriet, focus on those who need urgent care most. Thank you for your support. 💙

A reminder, to please continue to attend your appointment unless you have been contacted by us. 📅

18/12/2025

Our teams are working hard to keep as many services running as possible during the industrial action.

Please help our emergency teams by making the right choice for your care.

Remember, 999 and A&E are for people who are seriously ill or injured, or their life is at risk.

For anything that isn’t life-threatening, remember there are walk-in centres, minor injuries units, urgent treatment centres and pharmacies that can help: https://www.sussex.ics.nhs.uk/your-care/local-nhs-services/get-the-right-care/

17/12/2025

⚠️Industrial action has begun this morning by resident doctors and will take place until 7am Monday 22 December.

Our A&Es are busy, so we want to remind the public to please make the right choice for your care.

For injuries or illnesses that are urgent but not life threatening you can use an Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC), walk-in centre or Minor Injuries Unit (MIU).

Find out more details, including the locations: https://www.sussex.ics.nhs.uk/your-care/local-nhs-services/get-the-right-care/

16/12/2025

Industrial action begins tomorrow. Please plan ahead and know your nearest walk-in centre, minor injuries unit, or urgent treatment centre.

👉 We know no one plans to become unwell or need care, but if you do, it’s important to use the right service. For urgent but not life threatening issues, avoid A&E. Local services such as walk-in centres, minor injuries units or urgent treatment centres can help with cuts, sprains, burns, minor fractures and more: https://www.sussex.ics.nhs.uk/your-care/local-nhs-services/get-the-right-care/

💊Pharmacists can give expert advice on common illnesses like sore throats, coughs, colds, tummy troubles, and aches and pains.

If you have flu, there are some things you can do to help:
✅rest and sleep
✅keep warm
✅take paracetamol or ibuprofen to lower your temperature and treat aches and pains
✅drink plenty of water to avoid dehydration

🗓️Remember, please continue to attend your appointment unless we contact you directly.

Please understand the pressure industrial action puts on our hospitals and help our teams by choosing the right service for your care.

15/12/2025

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Andy Heeps as the new Chief Executive of University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, following an extensive, competitive recruitment process.

Andy has most recently served as Interim CEO at our Trust, and has previously been Deputy CEO and Chief Operating Officer. He brings extensive executive experience, and has a strong senior clinical background. Andy also has established a deep understanding of our organisation, its people, and our partners.

Read more about this announcement, including a message from Trust Chair Philippa Slinger: https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/news/uhsussex-appoints-new-chief-executive/

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