Conquest Hospital, East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Address: Conquest Hospital, East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust,
The Ridge, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN37 7RD
ICU Department Contact Details - 0300 131 4524
Faculty Tutor Name: Dr Judith Highgate - judith.highgate@nhs.net

Number of Beds: 11
Number of Admissions per year: Total 515 admissions, Admission days: 40% Level 3, 47% Level 2
Percentage of Elective vs Emergency Admissions: 9% elective vs 91% emergency

The Conquest Hospital in Hastings is the main acute site for East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust with all inpatient general surgery, trauma and obstetrics based here.
The case mix covers the above specialties as well as unselected acute medical take.
The Conquest is also the paediatric site within the Trust and we will stabilise acutely unwell children prior to retrieval.
There is split site working within this Unit

We are set up over 2 acute units, one at the Eastbourne DGH site and one at the Conquest site in Hastings.
Day time staffing at the Conquest is: an FY1 & FY2 1 CT1s in anaesthetics; 1 Internal Medicine Trainee; a middle grade; a Consultant in ICM. In addition there are 2 ACCPs employed at the trust with an additional 3 ACCPs in training and an MDT team of AHPs including respiratory & rehab physiotherapists with an interest in ICU, SALT, occupational therapists, dieticians and an ICU psychologist.
Night cover at the Conquest is a CT2 in anaesthetics or staff grade with support from the labour ward and CEPOD anaesthetic registrars. There are 2 non-resident consultants, 1 for ICM and 1 for anaesthesia.
FY1s complete a 4 month module; CTs in anaesthetics may be ACCS and of any background (anaesthetics, EM, AM) and complete 3 months; IMTs complete 3 months; middle grades have airway skills and are either trainees or associate specialists.

Training in point of care ultrasound
Opportunity to attend theatre for airway experience
Exposure to paediatric emergencies
Interhospital transfers
Opportunity to attend a Cardiac Catheterisation lab
Acting up as an ICM Consultant (for Stage 3 trainees)
Other: Leadership – a number of senior medical leadership roles are currently held within the ICU & Anaesthetic department including Deputy Medical Director, Divisional Director for DAS (Diagnostics, Anaesthetics & Surgery) & Chief Clinical Information Officer for the trust.

Follow up clinic – we have a well established MDT follow up clinic that runs biweekly follow up clinics and rehab gym sessions with embedded physio, nursing and psychological input.

Wednesday afternoon, once a month we hold M&M, journal club and teaching. It is run cross site on MS Teams and open to all critical care professionals.
There is weekly Anaesthetic trainee teaching on Tuesday afternoons that is open to ICU trainees when covering ICU related topics such as ventilation.

Details of clinical governance meeting days and/or M & M:

Half day clinical governance meetings happen every other month, shared with the anaesthetic dept
M&M is a mix of virtual reviews of all deaths, complemented by learning and education from those deaths which raise learning points in the monthly teaching.