The Princess Royal Hospital, also known as PRH, is an acute, teaching,
general hospital
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located in
Haywards Heath
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,
West Sussex, England.
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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
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.
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. In 2017 local councillors expressed concerns that the hospital was at risk of being downgraded.
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Services
The hospital has medical and surgical facilities, along with adult intensive care, ear, nose & throat, diabetic medicine, geriatrics, haematology, urology and cardiac services.
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.
See also
* Healthcare in Sussex
* List of hospitals in England
References
External links
*
Inspection reports
from the Care Quality Commission
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Hospital buildings completed in 1991
Hospitals in West Sussex
1991 establishments in England
Haywards Heath
NHS hospitals in England