Category: News
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Snowdrop Suite gets new furniture donated
A busy but exciting day for Jo and Lisa as they spent the day building new furniture for the Snowdrop Suite! 🌼 Jo also had a lovely chat with Kirsty Milward, Bereavement Specialist Midwife, and was able to show her some of the wonderful items donated by The Friends of Conquest Hospital, purchased thanks to…
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Follow the Doodles! New Signage Now Guiding You to the Mr Doodle Mural at Conquest Hospital.
Great news, everyone! Following the incredible transformation of the Children’s A&E courtyard by the amazing @Mr Doodle last week, we’ve had a phenomenal response from the community wanting to see the artwork. To make finding the mural easy, we have just installed official new signage! Keep an eye out for the special doodle-covered signs that…
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The Lisclaire XL Hoist has arrived!
We’re delighted to share that the Lisclaire XL, funded to help support individuals with greater mobility needs, has now been delivered. To mark the occasion, Friendly Fred was first in line to take it for a test drive and gave it a big thumbs up! The Lisclaire XL provides enhanced comfort and accessibility, supporting users…
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Planning for upcoming events are underway
We had a fantastic meeting with New Style Events Jo Brazier, this week as we discussed plans for some exciting upcoming events! There were plenty of ideas, lots of enthusiasm, and a few dates starting to take shape. Can you guess what we started off discussing? We won’t mention the “C” word just yet… but…
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Mural is attracting lots of attention
We’re delighted to see the mural attracting so much interest from the community.It’s been fantastic to watch people stop, admire the artwork, and capture their own photos alongside it. Here are just a few of the visitors who have come along to enjoy it.
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New Mr Doodle mural arrives at Conquest Hospital
The Friends of Conquest Hospital were approached by frontline colleagues in our Conquest paediatric emergency department, who had spotted an opportunity to transform an unused courtyard, a space clearly visible from paediatric inpatient beds but previously offering nothing to brighten a child’s day, into something more interesting and uplifting for our youngest patients. That spark…
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IT’S LIVE: The £101,000 Appeal for the Conquest Hospital!
Today, the Friends of Conquest are officially launching a major campaign to raise £101,000 for vital, life-changing medical equipment, and we need you! Standard NHS budgets cover the essentials, but our goal is to provide the cutting-edge kit that takes local patient care to the next level. Every penny raised stays right here at the…
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Music in Hospital
It’s crazy hot at the hospital today, like everywhere, but we are keeping cool with some beautiful harp music from lovely Fiona as part of our Music in Hospital programme.
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More Courtyards get a little TLC
Today we had the pleasure of welcoming another fabulous team of volunteers from Hastings Direct to help tidy up more of the courtyards. A huge thank you to Ben and his team. 👏👏👏
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🤫 Shhh… final preparations are underway!
On Friday morning, we are officially launching a major new equipment appeal for Conquest Hospital. We’ve been working closely with hospital doctors and nurses to find out exactly what equipment will make the biggest difference to local patients this year, and we have our wish list ready. It’s a big target, but we know our…