Autumn 2025 Newsletter
This Autumn's Newsletter is packed with stories and information. Click below to download the PDF
Save our Day Surgery Unit
The League of Friends of Uckfield Community Hospital are very concerned and disappointed at the trial closure of the much - valued Day Surgery Unit within the hospital. They have, over many months, been contacting the various local Health Authorities to try and...
Quiz Night 2024 results
Friday night at the Luxford Centre the LoF held their second quiz night (the first being in November 2023). A maximum 11 teams attended and keenly contested the outcome with the top 4 teams separated by half a point each. The team lead by Eric Senior a stalwart...
October 23 Newsletter
As the number of patients waiting for appointments nudge up to 8 million, the population of Switzerland, surely there has never been a greater need for Community Hospitals? Sadly, and amazingly in equal measure, the Uckfield Hospital appears to be underused. Despite...
Feb 2023 Newsletter
It is with much sadness I have to report the death of one our longest and most supportive Trustees, John Carvey. As many will know his work with the League of Friends was but one of many organisations he worked tirelessly to help. He always attended meetings, helped...
October 22 Newsletter
As we move into Autumn, I thought you would enjoy hearing our news. Of course the Uckfield Hospital League of Friends (LoF’s) is not spared the problems of “UK Ltd”. We, and the NHS seem to be in a trough between two enormous peaks of problems, Covid and Inflation....
March 2022 Newsletter
There is no doubt our “headlines” today are the news that Joan Stocker is retiring as Hon. Secretary of the Uckfield League of Friends. This of course is a huge loss to the LoF’s, but at the same time we all want to wish Joan a long happy and hopefully a little less...
December 2021 Newsletter
i Presentation of a cheque to St Wilfrid’s Hospice Eastbourne: Left to Right: Bernard Trew (President), Linda Kenward (Secretary) Kathryn Sutter (Fund Raiser St Wilfrid’s) Barbara Bond (Senior RCN at St Wilfrid’s based at Uckfield) Chris Macvae (Chairman...
October 2021 Newsletter
As the Autumnal weather takes hold, noted by its “bipolar” nature – sun or rain, its good to review the current impact of Covid-19. It certainly has left its mark on the Community Hospital, both with the high death rate amongst the elderly patients of Uckfield, but...
Spring 2021 Newsletter
I hardly need to remind you it’s just over a year since the UK’s first lock down, unfortunately too late to prevent widespread death, hospitalisation and illness. Sussex, Uckfield and the Community Hospital have of course been caught up in the pandemic. The League of...