New critical care monitoring technology for East Sussex

The computerised information system has been installed at Conquest Hospital and Eastbourne DGH to improve the treatment of critically ill patients. It allows information to be available at the “click of a button” at the bedside of intensive care and high dependency patients.

The system cost £125,000 at each hospital and was funded by donations from the League of Friends of Bexhill Hospital and the Friends of the Eastbourne Hospitals.

The trust hopes it will be both quicker and safer than the manual process it has replaced.

Consultant anaesthetist Kate Murray said: “This new system will make a huge positive difference to the ICU staff and the patients they care for.”

“We used to have a big chart at the end of each bed where doctors and nurses would have to write everything down manually. This was very time consuming and was susceptible to human error or misinterpretation.

“This new system stops all that,” Dr Murray said. “Every patient has a screen by their bed and the clinical staff can see all the information they need to ensure the patient gets the best possible care.”