Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath

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Princess Royal Hospital
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
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The main entrance of the hospital
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Shown in West Sussex
Geography
Location Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England
Coordinates 50°59′28″N0°05′25″W / 50.99111°N 0.09028°W / 50.99111; -0.09028
Organisation
Care system National Health Service
Type Teaching
Affiliated university Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Services
Emergency department Yes
History
Opened1991
Links
Website www.uhsussex.nhs.uk OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The Princess Royal Hospital, also known as PRH, is an acute, teaching, general hospital located in Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England. [1] It is the main hospital in the Mid Sussex district and is part of University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust along with the larger Royal Sussex County Hospital and several other facilities, mostly in nearby Brighton. [2]

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History

The hospital stands on part of the site of St Francis Hospital, a mental hospital founded as the Sussex County Lunatic Asylum in 1859. [3] The new buildings were completed in 1991. [4] In 2017 local councillors expressed concerns that the hospital was at risk of being downgraded. [5]

Services

The hospital has medical and surgical facilities, along with adult intensive care, ear, nose & throat, diabetic medicine, geriatrics, haematology, urology and cardiac services. [6] It works interdependently with the other hospitals in the trust to provide a complete service. [3]

Performance

As a trust (including the other sites), the hospital was rated 6th best in the country for safety, and in the top 5% for hospital survival rates, in the year 2009-10. [7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Overview - Princess Royal Hospital". NHS Choices. 18 June 2010. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "Our hospitals - Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust". NHS Choices. 18 June 2010. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Princess Royal Hospital". Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust.
  4. ↑ "Mid Sussex District Council response to West Sussex Fit for the future" (PDF). Mid-Sussex Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "Fears that hospital could be 'downgraded'". Mid-Sussex Times. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "Departments and services - Princess Royal Hospital". NHS Choices. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  7. ↑ "Quality Report 2009-10". Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust.
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