Colin joined The Friends of Lewes Victoria Hospital as a trustee in July 2024.  Initially he spent his working career in the charitable sector and later in business, either his own or mentoring other Business Founders.  He mountain bikes on the Downs and has become familiar with the the Victoria Hospital having fallen off his bike more than once!

His focus for the Friends is assisting in maximising the Charities financial strength alongside building relationships with local business to secure its ability to support the hospital into the future.

Lived and worked in the Lewes area for 34 years with experience in leading and delivering digital transformation in Investment Banking and the NHS.

Camilla has lived and worked as a Consultant Radiologist in Sussex for nearly 30 years. She joined the Friends as a Trustee in 2015 having hugely enjoyed working at the hospital for many years and having benefited from its care as her young family grew up. Her focus is on liaison with clinical services and developing the marketing strategy for the Charity.

Sarah Pearson BA Soc Psych MA Marketing DMI Pro was invited to join FOLVH as a trustee to use her expertise to improve engagement of the community to the charity. Her professional background in consumer behaviour, marketing and publicity experience has successfully helped FOLVH initiate groundbreaking valuable fundraising ideas that capture the interest of both individuals and groups within the area. 

Rick worked as a general practitioner and anaesthetist in Lewes from 1984 until 2015. Rick was closely associated with the Victoria Hospital throughout that period. For many years the general practitioners of Lewes admitted patients to the hospital and oversaw their care as inpatients. We also relied heavily on the hospital for referrals to visiting consultants, imaging and use of the minor injuries unit.

Rick gave the anaesthetics for three operating lists a week and ran a preoperative clinic and, initially, oversaw the post-operative management. The surgeons were consultants from Brighton and always relished working at the hospital.

Having worked in many hospitals Rick could recognise the excellent standard of care patients received and high morale of the staff.

Throughout his career, access to a local hospital such as the Victoria was regarded as a privilege by all of his colleagues.