The Royal Sussex County Hospital is an acute
teaching hospital
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in
Brighton
Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London.
Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...
, England. Together with the
Princess Royal Hospital, it is administered by the
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust is an NHS foundation trust which provides clinical services to people in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, parts of East Sussex and West Sussex. It is abbreviated as UHSx to avoid confusion with Un ...
. The services provided at the hospital include an
emergency department
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,
cancer
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services at the Sussex Cancer Centre,
cardiac surgery
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,
maternity
]
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services, and both
Intensive care unit, adult and
neonatal
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intensive care units.
History
The main building was designed by
Charles Barry
Sir Charles Barry (23 May 1795 – 12 May 1860) was a British architect, best known for his role in the rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster (also known as the Houses of Parliament) in London during the mid-19th century, but also responsi ...
, who was later architect for the
Houses of Parliament
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, and is still called the Barry Building. The foundation stone was laid by the
Earl of Egremont
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on 16 March 1826, and the hospital was opened as the Sussex County Hospital on 11 June 1828. The Victoria Wing was added in 1839, and the Adelaide Wing was opened in 1841. The Sussex County Hospital became the Royal Sussex County Hospital in about 1911.
On New Year's Day 1872, a fire broke out on the top floor of the Adelaide Wing of the hospital, in Ward 6. Initially this fire threatened to destroy the building, but the efforts of volunteer firefighters and a detachment of the
19th Hussars
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saved the building.
The Jubilee Building was added to the hospital in 1887 and the Sussex Eye Hospital (one of local architect
John Leopold Denman
John Leopold Denman (15 November 1882 – 5 June 1975) was an architect from the English seaside resort of Brighton, now part of the city of Brighton and Hove. He had a prolific career in the area during the 20th century, both on his own and ...
's many
Neo-Georgian buildings) opened in 1935.
The main and tallest building of the hospital, the Thomas Kemp Tower, started construction in the late 1960s, reaching 15 floors at a height of .
In October 1984, after the
Provisional IRA
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bombed the
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Grand Hotel may refer to:
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* Grande Hotel Beir ...
where members of the Government were staying during the
Conservative Party
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Political parties called The Conservative P ...
annual conference, the hospital received many of the injured.
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Panorama
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'' featured secretly filmed material taken by a nurse and an undercover journalist. The programme highlighted serious failings in the standards of care and procedures and showed scenes that were described by the Chief Executive of the
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, abbreviated as BSUH, was an NHS foundation trust ran two acute hospitals, the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton and the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath. It also operated a numb ...
, which was responsible for the hospital, as "very disturbing images".
The Millennium Building was completed in 2000 and the Audrey Emerton Building, built to accommodate clinical medical students of
Brighton and Sussex Medical School
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, was opened by
Baroness Emerton in 2005. In 2009 there was a proposal to demolish the Barry and Jubilee buildings as part of a £300m redevelopment scheme. On 1 May 2014, £420 million of public investment was approved for redevelopment works starting in late 2014 and expected to last until 2024.
3Ts Redevelopment
The 3Ts Redevelopment is a three-stage project which is replacing all of the buildings on the front half of the hospital, some of which are almost 200 years old.
It was expected to cost £485 million when it was approved, but by 2021 was significantly delayed and over budget. The whole project is expected to be completed by 2026.
In the old buildings' place will be two brand new clinical buildings, which will cover around 40 new wards and departments. The Stage 1 building is the first of the two, and covers 13 floors, 11 of which are above ground.
Stage 1 is also providing a much needed
helideck
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While helicopters and powered lift aircraft are able to operate on a variety of relatively flat surfaces, a fabricated helipad provides a clearly marked hard s ...
for
air ambulance
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s on top of the Thomas Kemp Tower, from which the most severe patients can be taken directly to A&E via a dedicated lift. Air ambulances taking patients to the hospital currently have to land at
East Brighton Park
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, almost a mile away.
Stage 2 will be a new
cancer
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centre, and Stage 3 will be a new service yard.
The project is being carried out in three stages to ensure that all clinical service can continue to run during construction. work is currently on Stage 1 and the helideck. According to
BSUH
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, abbreviated as BSUH, was an NHS foundation trust ran two acute hospitals, the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton and the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath. It also operated a num ...
, there is about a year to go until Stage 1 of the redevelopment is complete.
See also
*
List of hospitals in England
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East Midlands
* Arnold Lodge, Leicestershire
*Babington Hospital – Belper, Derbyshire
*Bassetlaw District General Hospital – Worksop, Nottinghams ...
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List of medical schools in the United Kingdom
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*
Brighton and Sussex Medical School
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*
Healthcare in Sussex
Healthcare in Sussex was the responsibility of seven Clinical Commissioning Groups covering: Brighton and Hove; Coastal West Sussex; Horsham and Mid Sussex; Crawley; Eastbourne Hailsham and Seaford; Hastings and Rother; High Weald; and Lewes-Have ...
References
Further reading
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External links
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Inspection reportsfrom the
Care Quality Commission
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