Brighton General Hospital is an acute general hospital on Elm Grove in
Brighton,
East Sussex. It is managed by
Sussex Community NHS Trust
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. The main Arundel building is a Grade II
listed building
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.
History
The hospital has its origins in the Brighton Workhouse Infirmary which was designed by George Maynard and opened in September 1867.
It was extended to create additional wards and pavilions in the 1880s.
[ The building served as the Kitchener Indian Hospital during the ]First World War
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.[ It became Brighton Municipal Hospital in 1930 and joined the ]National Health Service
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as Brighton General Hospital in 1948.[
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Development
In October 2018, the Trust announced that it intended to sell most of the site for residential development.[
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Services
The hospital offers a range of screening, diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitation services including paediatrics, elderly care, diabetic care, back care, audiology, physiotherapy, and specialist care for heart failure, MS and Parkinson's Disease.
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Hospitals in East Sussex
NHS hospitals in England