Health

The former Bishop of Lewes and convicted paedophile Peter Ball died following two separate falls in his family, an inquest has heard.

Hailsham residents say local sewage-systems are a ‘disgrace’ after ‘human waste’ was found in the street - and a new housing development will make matters worse.

I was disappointed to see that Katy Bourne, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Sussex, did not put her name to the joint letter to Robert Buckland, Secretary of State for Justice, calling for an inquiry into the law on assisted dying.

South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) is showing its support for the British Legion’s Poppy Appeal by featuring a special design on its ambulances.

An Uckfield care home rated ‘inadequate’ by a health watchdog has pledged to improve.

A Sussex woman has been told she cannot get pregnant for two years after the contraceptive pill left her with a six-inch tumour in her liver.

A Seaford nursing home that provides care for older people living with a range of care needs continues to be ‘good’.

These are the top rated GP surgeries in East Sussex, based on ratings provided by patients.

Cancer screening equipment is set to be improved in East Sussex as the Government has announced funding for the NHS trust running hospitals in Eastbourne and Hastings.

A local café near Eastbourne has been given a grant to purchase a potentially life-saving defibrillator.

In the hospital today, I noticed that the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is now called ‘Critical Care’.

A Sussex hospital trust still has £100million to pay in PFI payments for a Children’s Hospital that cost £36million to build.

A Heathfield woman is preparing for a two month trip to Senegal aboard a charity-run hospital ship.

The main phone number at Eastbourne’s DGH is set to change.

A Polegate doctor is leading the call for a new practice to be built in the area – as a branch of the practice is having to close this month.

A missing Lewes man has been found dead in a hotel.

Junior doctors working in East Sussex have built up a fund of more than £14,000 as a result of fines for contract breaches.