Month: October 2021

Alcohol Awareness Week 15-21 November
Alcohol Awareness Week is a chance for the UK to get thinking about drinking. It’s a week of awareness-raising, campaigning for change, and more.

Zumba! for Black History Month – 23/10/21
The SOAR BAME network are hosting a Zumba event as part of our Black History Month celebrations, which will take place this Saturday 23rd October.

Virtual meeting of the Board of Directors in public
The board of University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust meets in public, virtually via MS Teams on Thursday 4 November 2021 at 10am.

UHSussex apprentice wins city award for Covid care
Meghann Creffield recently won the Outstanding Contribution by an Apprentice to an Employer, at the Brighton and Hove Apprenticeships Awards.

Colleagues gifted a stunning Wellbeing Garden as ‘thank you’ for their hard work
Colleagues at St Richard’s Hospital have been gifted a beautiful and tranquil ‘Wellbeing Garden’, designed by Chichester based Andy Stedman, as a thank you for their hard work during the pandemic.

Dame Marianne Griffiths announces retirement
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (UHSussex) chief executive, Dame Marianne Griffiths, has announced that she will retire next year.

UHSussex shortlisted for national Helpforce Champions Awards 2021
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust has been shortlisted for three awards in the Helpforce Champions Awards 2021, providing national recognition of the fantastic contribution to volunteering in the health and care sector.

World Menopause Day Webinar – 18/10/21
Liggy Webb is very kindly hosting a webinar about Menopause in celebration of World Menopause Day on 18/10/21 at 2pm.

UHSussex joins wave of Veteran Aware Trusts improving care for the Armed Forces community
UHSussex named as a Veteran Aware Trust in recognition of its commitment to improving NHS care for veterans, reservists, members of the Armed Forces and their families.

After 40 years with the Alex, Janet is calling it a day
We say a fond farewell to paediatric nurse Janet Lee, who has completed her last shift at the Royal Alexandra, four decades after she first came to Brighton as a student nurse.

UHSussex consultant gets prestigious scholarship to the States
Yusrah Shweikh was awarded a Fulbright Visiting Scholar Award, one of the most prestigious programmes in the world