History
Worthing's first hospital was a dispensary created in 1829 in Ann Street. [1] A new dispensary was set up in 1845 in Chapel Road, which when enlarged in 1860 became known as the Worthing Infirmary and Dispensary. [1] The Worthing Infirmary and Dispensary moved to the current site in Lyndhurst Road in 1882 and was given the name Worthing Hospital in 1902. [1] The new East Wing was opened by Princess Anne in 1998. [2]
After concerns were raised that the hospital could lose some of its services, a series of marches and protest events were held in both Worthing and Chichester against the plans to downsize facilities. [3] In May 2008, the West Sussex Primary Care Trust Board recommended that Worthing Hospital be the 'major general hospital' for West Sussex and that St Richard's Hospital in Chichester be downgraded. [4]
In 2016 Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WSHFT) was rated as 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). [5]
Marianne Griffiths, the Chief Executive, was named chief executive of the year at the Health Service Journal awards in November 2016, [6] and the top chief executive 2018 [7] and again in 2019. [8]
In 2019 Marianne Griffiths was made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. [9]
In April 2021 WSHFT (of which Worthing Hospital was formerly a part) and BSUH (Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust) merged to become University Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. [10]
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