The Dene Hospital
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{{Infobox hospital
| Name = The Dene Hospital
| Org/Group = The Priory Group
| Image = Entrance to The Dene on Gatehouse Lane (geograph 2393272).jpg
| Caption = Main Entrance to The Dene Hospital
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| Location = Gatehouse Lane, Goddards Green
| Region = West Sussex
| State = England
| Country = UK
| healthcare = National Health Service
| Type = Private
| Speciality =
| Emergency = No
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| Founded = 1902
| Closed =
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| map_type =West Sussex
| map_caption=Shown in West Sussex
| coordinates= {{coord|50.9656|N|0.1651|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
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The Dene Hospital is a private hospital in Gatehouse Lane, Goddards Green, West Sussex, England. It is managed by the Priory Group.
History
The original facility on the site, which was designed by George Thomas Hine,{{cite news |author= |title=Cuckfield Rural District Council’s Hospital |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001598/19020527/081/0005 |newspaper=Mid Sussex Times |location=England |date=27 May 1902 |access-date=19 January 2019 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }} opened as the Cuckfield Isolation Hospital in May 1902.{{cite web|url=https://historic-hospitals.com/english-hospitals-rchme-survey/sussex-west-sussex/|title=Goddards Green Hospital|publisher=Historic Hospitals|accessdate=28 March 2020}} It joined the National Health Service as the Mid-Sussex Isolation Hospital in 1948 and became Goddards Green Hospital in 1960.{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/details.asp?id=556&page=18|title=Goddard's Green Hospital, Hassocks|accessdate=28 March 2020}} After the Goddards Green Hospital closed in the 1990s, the site was acquired by the Priory Group, which established a mental health unit there, initially known as The Dene,{{cite web|url=https://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/health/county-news-priory-hospital-sussex-responds-dispatches-allegations-835730|title=Priory hospital in Sussex responds to Dispatches allegations|publisher=West Sussex County Times|date=26 February 2018 |accessdate=28 March 2020}} and, from 2018, branded as the "Priory Hospital Burgess Hill".{{cite web|url=https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/1-129389340|title=Priory Hospital Burgess Hill|publisher=Care Quality Commission|accessdate=28 March 2020}}