Day Surgery at Uckfield Hospital to remain closed

The services have been transferred to Eastbourne's DGH and The Conquest Hospital in Hastings

In December 2024, East Sussex Healthcare Trust moved day surgery from Uckfield to Eastbourne District General and the Hastings Conquest hospitals as part of an initial six-month trial.

At the time the Trust said it was 'implementing the trial to improve treatment times by centralising non-complex day cases with the goal of increasing overall procedure numbers and potentially bringing care closer to the home for many patients.'

A spokesperson on behalf of Trust Uckfield, said: "The closure of our day surgery unit disadvantages local people and takes away their ability to be treated close to home in a community experiencing unprecedented growth. And claims assuring patients that centralised provision at general hospitals can cope with demand are not credible."

A year later, the Government's Minister for Secondary Care, Karin Smyth has confirmed that the day surgery unit at Uckfield Hospital will remain closed and its services will be permanently transferred to Eastbourne District General and the Conquest Hospital in Hastings.