Care Quality Commission – Hastings In Focus

Conquest rated ‘outstanding overall’ in Care Quality Commission inspection

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated the East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (ESHT) as ‘good’ overall and ‘outstanding’ for providing both ‘caring’ and ‘effective’ services following their inspection in November and December 2019. The really good news from the inspection is that Hastings’ Conquest Hospital was ‘outstanding’ overall with Eastbourne DGH rated ‘good’ overall […]

Ambulance service provides ‘oustanding’ emergency care

The local ambulance service ‘Secamb’ is out of special measures. It was announced this morning that the South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, to give it its full name, had been taken out of special measures after almost three years. The Care Quality Commission has given Secamb a ‘good’ overall rating. The ambulance […]