Garden-themed makeover brightens up parents room at St Richard’s

When Chris Sloggett’s son Jasper was born on 13 April 2017 at Worthing Hospital, both he and his wife Gayle were looking forward to going home and starting life as a family. However, after a relatively straight forward birth, Jasper became very unwell before they were discharged and stopped breathing while still on the ward.

After being rushed to the special care baby unit next door, nurses carried out emergency tests and discovered he had a serious infection. Jasper spent two and a half weeks on the unit and further investigations found he also had an abnormal lump on one of his heart valves.

Chris, 37, a teacher at Felpham Community College, said, “He was monitored 24 hours a day and underwent an exhaustive array of treatments and tests, but he received outstanding care and treatment from all the fantastic staff. The support given to my wife at a difficult time was second to none.”

It was this life-saving care that inspired Chris to raise money for the unit. No stranger to running, he had already taken part in no fewer than nine marathons already, however, this time round, he decided to take on the big one and embarked on a rigorous training regime to get ready for the 2018 London Marathon.

                 Staff at St Richard’s, Worthing and Southlands hospitals got into the festive mood last week raising money for their local hospitals. Kerry Brunnen, play therapist for the children’s ward at St Richard’s Hospital said: “Although nursing staff do their...

A nurse from Selsey has adorned the outside of her house and front garden in Christmas decorations to mark the launch of a local hospital charity’s Christmas gift appeal. Sarah Munday, 42, a dementia nurse at St Richard’s Hospital, has covered her place of residence...

Consultant Urological Surgeons from St Richard’s Hospital, Worthing Hospital and West Sussex Urology LLP are vowing to take on a gruelling 100 mile bike ride in a bid to boost urology services for local patients. The challenge, which will support Love Your Hospital,...

Love Your Hospital, the dedicated charity of Western Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, gifted every patient at Worthing and St Richard’s Hospitals a slice of birthday cake on Thursday 5th July to celebrate the 70th birthday of the National Health Service. Joined by local...

Love Your Hospital provides assistive listening aids to patients, visitors and staff across St Richard’s, Worthing, and Southlands Hospitals.

Assistive listening aids are now available to patients, visitors and staff across Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust due to funding from the Trust’s dedicated charity, Love Your Hospital.

Deafness can affect a person’s ability to communicate properly and patients with hearing loss can often feel stressed trying to engage in a healthcare setting. According to research from Action on Hearing Loss, 1 in 6 people in the UK are affected by hearing loss with more than 90% of over 80 years-old experiencing some form of deafness.

Many patients surveyed in hospitals around the UK reported that they did not fully understand what staff were saying to them when accessing healthcare services. A further 43% of patients felt that, as a result, they were not fully involved in decision-making regarding their care. NHS staff also surveyed noted difficulties when speaking to patients suffering from hearing loss.

Love Your Hospital's Eyeconic Ball raises more than £27,000 for new a new state-of-the-art eye care unit opening at Southlands Hospital in Shoreham in June 2017.   Love Your Hospital, the dedicated charity for Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, held...

A six-woman strong team from St Richard’s Ophthalmology unit took on the London to Brighton 2017 Bike Ride in June triumphantly crossing the finish line after seven hours in the saddle.   Kelly Manderson, Lisa Manderson, Sandra Walker, Hannah Woolgar, Patricia...

A determined father of two has broken the world record for longest continuous indoor row and raised more than £3000 for Love Your Hospital.   Neal Marsh, 48, of Littlehampton, vowed never to put himself through the torment of training and sleep deprivation again...

The Rolls-Royce SRH was hand-built especially for the hospital’s Paediatric Day Surgery Unit after the NHS trust’s dedicated charity Love Your Hospital approached the luxury car manufacturer for support. Going for an operation can be daunting for younger patients and...