Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals (BSUH) is transforming
We want to make our hospitals and our services the best that they can be for patients from across Sussex and the South East of England. Through our 3Ts programme we are planning to modernise the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton, develop and expand the services we provide for the most seriously ill and injured patients, and strengthen our role as the regional teaching hospital. The five main elements of our 3Ts programme are set out below.
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Outline Business Case approved by Health Authority
Following on from the unanimous approval of our planning application by Brighton & Hove City Council in January, the Outline Business Case has been approved by the Strategic Health Authority for the South of England. Our plans now pass to the Department of Health and we expect to have approval by the end of May at which point the money for decant will be released.
The need for redevelopment and expansion
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The main buildings at the front of the County Hospital were built nearly 200 years ago. The wards are cramped, the other clinical and public areas are inadequate and there is an overwhelming need to replace them with modern facilities which are welcoming, accessible and purpose-built for the provision of 21st century healthcare.
The Hurstwood Park Regional Centre for Neurosciences is being relocated from the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath to Brighton. This will place neurosciences alongside our other key emergency services, enabling the County to become the Major Trauma Centre for Sussex and the South East of England and provide more co-ordinated treatment, on one site, for our most seriously ill and injured patients.
We want to expand the Sussex Cancer Centre including the development of a new Chemotherapy Day Unit, increasing the radiotherapy service and doubling the number of beds on the Oncology Ward.
BSUH has been approved as the prospective major trauma centre for the Sussex network using acute facilities at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton.
The redevelopment will also mean that within the hospital we can provide state-of-the-art teaching, training and research facilities for our Medical School and local Universities.
