Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

08/11/2025

We’re still experiencing increased demand. Please only use our Emergency Department (ED) for serious or life-threatening emergencies. For all other urgent health needs, consider these alternatives:

- Your local pharmacy – expert advice for several ailments through Pharmacy First https://bit.ly/4duHKcu

- NHS 111 – online or by phone, available 24/7

- Urgent Treatment Centre at Crawley Hospital

- Minor Injuries Units at Caterham Dene, Horsham Hospital and Queen Victoria Hospital

Choosing the right service helps us keep ED free for those who need it most. Thank you for helping us help you. Find out more https://www.surreyandsussex.nhs.uk/latest-news/important-message

05/11/2025

Please only use our Emergency Department (ED) for serious or life-threatening emergencies. For all other urgent health needs, consider these alternatives:

- Your GP

- Your local pharmacy – expert advice for several ailments through Pharmacy First https://bit.ly/4duHKcu

- NHS 111 – online or by phone, available 24/7

- Urgent Treatment Centre at Crawley Hospital

- Minor Injuries Units at Caterham Dene, Horsham Hospital and Queen Victoria Hospital

Choosing the right service helps us keep ED free for those who need it most. Thank you for helping us help you. Find out more https://www.surreyandsussex.nhs.uk/latest-news/important-message

03/11/2025

Attention year 9 and above students!

Join us this November 18 for the SASH Meet the Practitioner Careers Event, where you'll have the opportunity to explore a wide range of clinical and non-clinical careers within the NHS. Meet industry experts and discover exciting career pathways in fields such as Dentistry, Education, Medicine, and more.

Learn about volunteering, apprenticeships, work experience, and recruitment opportunities available at SASH, as well as valuable insights from our university partners. Don’t miss this chance to take the next step towards your future! Register here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1495069476049?aff=oddtdtcreator

17/10/2025

Our Chief Executive, Andrew Hines, officially opened the newly refurbished Boots pharmacy at East Surrey Hospital this week.

The refurbished pharmacy now offers a brighter, more welcoming space for patients, visitors and colleagues, with an additional consultation room and a more efficient, streamlined service.

Andrew met with the pharmacy team to thank them for their continued support to our hospital community and to mark this exciting reopening.

We’re pleased to see another investment in our on-site facilities that helps make life a little easier for everyone at East Surrey Hospital.

Read more here - https://www.surreyandsussex.nhs.uk/latest-news/east-surrey-hospital-transforms-outpatient-pharmacy-services

11/10/2025

Great work team! 🩵🩷

Shout out to the Early Pregnancy Unit team, taking part in the regents park 5k this morning as a team. Their run is part of how the team (and colleagues across Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust are marking Baby Loss Awareness Week, and the team are helping raise money towards enhancing the quiet room where families oftenreceive bad news. We want to help make this room more comfortable for when people are having the worst of days. So a HUGE shout out to the team for their work, and if you'd like to support their fundraising for the Early Pregnancy Unit, here's the link - https://sashcharity.enthuse.com/cf/epu

Good luck with the run today!

Maternity & Neonatal Voices Partnership - SASH MNVP SASH Maternity

28/09/2025

This little guy was left in east Surrey hospital can we get his pic out to try and get him reunited with his owner.

26/09/2025

👀 Something new is coming to The Belfry Centre, Redhill… A place designed to bring healthcare closer to you, with accessible and faster access to vital checks and tests. Stay tuned – all will be revealed soon.

22/08/2025

This bank holiday, please only use our Emergency Department (ED) for serious or life-threatening emergencies. For all other urgent health needs, consider these alternatives:

- NHS 111 – online or by phone, available 24/7
- Your local pharmacy – expert advice for several ailments through Pharmacy First https://bit.ly/4duHKcu
- Urgent Treatment Centre at Crawley Hospital
- Minor Injuries Units at Caterham Dene, Horsham Hospital and Queen Victoria Hospital

Choosing the right service helps us keep ED free for those who need it most. Thank you for helping us help you. Find out more https://www.surreyandsussex.nhs.uk/latest-news/important-message

19/08/2025

We are holding our annual general meeting (AGM) Today from 3.30 – 5pm, both in-person in the lecture theatre, PGEC, East Surrey Hospital and virtually via an online link. To find out more and to join virtually, visit https://www.youtube.com/live/JTVcrCRKB-k?si=p75zBCOPfaOQbyiD

17/08/2025

PREPARING FOR THE UK EMERGENCY ALERT ON THE SUNDAY 7th SEPTEMBER

The UK Emergency Alert system is a government service designed to warn citizens of nearby dangers that could threaten life, such as flooding or extreme weather.
It uses Cell Broadcast technology to send alerts to mobile phones during major incidents like terror attacks.

Alerts are sent to all 4G and 5G networks, and your device does not need to be connected to mobile data or Wi-Fi to receive them.

Opting out of emergency alerts
You can opt out of emergency alerts. For example, victims of domestic abuse with a concealed phone may find it appropriate to turn off alerts.

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How you opt out depends on your device, if you still get alerts after opting out, contact your device manufacturer for help.

For more detailed information, you can visit the official UK government page on emergency alerts.

24/07/2025

Industrial action: service update

From 7am tomorrow, until 7am Wednesday 30 July, our services will be affected by industrial action. We are working hard to reduce disruption and maintain patient safety.

Our hospitals are likely to be very busy during this period. Please attend your appointment as planned unless we contact you to rearrange.

If your medical need is not urgent or life-threatening, please use alternative services to our Emergency Department such as:

- Call 111 or go online

- Your local pharmacy

- Your GP

- Urgent treatment centres (Crawley)

- Minor injury units (Horsham, Caterham, East Grinstead)

For life-threatening emergencies, always call 999 or go to your nearest emergency department.

Thank you for your support!

Read more here - https://bit.ly/4feuM3y