Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath
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{{Infobox hospital
| Name = Princess Royal Hospital
| Org/Group = University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
| Image = Main Entrance to Princess Royal Hospital (geograph 3592604).jpg
| Caption = The main entrance of the hospital
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| location = Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England
| Coordinates = {{coord|50|59|28|N|0|05|25|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline, title}}
| healthcare = National Health Service
| Type = Teaching
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| Emergency = Yes
| Affiliation = Brighton and Sussex Medical School
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| Founded = 1991
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| map_type =West Sussex
| map_caption =Shown in West Sussex
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The Princess Royal Hospital, also known as PRH, is an acute, teaching, general hospital located in Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England.{{cite web|publisher=NHS Choices|url=http://www.nhs.uk/Services/hospitals/Overview/DefaultView.aspx?id=1633|title=Overview - Princess Royal Hospital|date=2010-06-18|access-date=2011-05-03}} 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.{{cite web|publisher=NHS Choices|url=http://www.nhs.uk/Services/Trusts/OurHospitals/DefaultView.aspx?id=955|title=Our hospitals - Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust|date=2010-06-18|access-date=2011-05-03}}
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. The new buildings were completed in 1991.{{cite web|url=http://www.midsussex.gov.uk/media/Mid_Sussex_DC_Fit_for_the_Future_Response.pdf|title= Mid Sussex District Council response to West Sussex Fit for the future|publisher=Mid-Sussex Council|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110928005700/http://www.midsussex.gov.uk/media/Mid_Sussex_DC_Fit_for_the_Future_Response.pdf|access-date=5 September 2018|archive-date= 2011-09-28}} In 2017 local councillors expressed concerns that the hospital was at risk of being downgraded.{{cite web|url=https://www.midsussextimes.co.uk/news/fears-that-hospital-could-be-downgraded-1-7831439|title=Fears that hospital could be 'downgraded'|date=21 February 2017|publisher=Mid-Sussex Times|access-date=5 September 2018}}
Services
The hospital has medical and surgical facilities, along with adult intensive care, ear, nose & throat, diabetic medicine, geriatrics, haematology, urology and cardiac services.{{cite web|publisher=NHS Choices|title=Departments and services - Princess Royal Hospital|url=http://www.nhs.uk/Services/hospitals/Services/DefaultView.aspx?id=1633|access-date=5 September 2018}} It works interdependently with the other hospitals in the trust to provide a complete service.{{cite web|publisher=Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust|title=Princess Royal Hospital|url=http://www.bsuh.nhs.uk/hospitals/our-hospitals/princess-royal-hospital/}}
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.{{cite web|publisher=Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust|title=Quality Report 2009-10|url=http://www.nhs.uk/services/usercontrols/uploadhandlers/mediaserverhandler.ashx?id=411&t=634388087600391655}}
See also
References
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External links
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- {{Official website}}
- [https://www.nhs.uk/services/hospital/princess-royal-hospital/N6J7V Princess Royal Hospital] on the NHS website
- [https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/RXH09 Inspection reports] from the Care Quality Commission
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Category:Hospital buildings completed in 1991
Category:Hospitals in West Sussex