Zachary Merton Hospital

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Zachary Merton Hospital
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
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Zachary Merton Hospital
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Shown in West Sussex
Geography
Location Rustington, West Sussex, England
Coordinates 50°48′28″N0°30′03″W / 50.8079°N 0.5007°W / 50.8079; -0.5007
Organisation
Care system National Health Service
Type Community
History
Founded1937
Closed2023
Links
Website www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk/services/locations/zachary-merton-hospital.htm OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Zachary Merton Hospital was a health facility at Glenville Road, Rustington, West Sussex, England. It was managed by the Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust.

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History

The facility, which was financed by a trust fund established by Zachary Merton, was opened as a convalescent home in April 1937. [1] It became a maternity hospital in 1939 [2] and, after joining the National Health Service as the Zachary Merton Maternity Home in 1948, [3] it became a community hospital in 1979. [1] The hospital was closed, initially on a temporary basis, in November 2023: [4] its permanent closure was confirmed in July 2025. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 "West Sussex". Historic Hospitals. Archived from the original on 25 February 2025. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  2. "Exhibition tells story of Rustington community hospital". Littlehampton Gazette . 4 May 2017. Archived from the original on 4 May 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  3. "Zachary Merton Hospital, Littlehampton". The National Archives . Archived from the original on 31 December 2019.
  4. Dunn, Karen (29 November 2024). "Hospital still shut a year after temporary closure". BBC News . Archived from the original on 21 March 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  5. "Zachary Merton Hospital update and next steps" (Press release). Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust. 8 July 2025. Archived from the original on 7 September 2025. Retrieved 7 September 2025.