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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Brighton and Hove City Council’s Planning Committee approval
On Friday 27 January the 3Ts Redevelopment Plans for the Royal Sussex County Hospital were approved by Brighton and Hove City Council’s Planning Committee. Now this stage of the project has been successfully completed work can start with regional and national bodies to release the funds for the redevelopment. If all goes well, on site preparations will begin in late spring this year.
A recording of the Planning Committee session is available on the Council’s website
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.
The redevelopment of our oldest buildings, and the transfer of the Regional Centre for Neurosciences Centre to Brighton, will allow us to establish the Royal Sussex County Hospital as the Major Trauma Centre for Sussex and the South East. We estimate this new centre will treat around 360 patients with severe and multiple injuries every year. The majority of these would currently be taken to one of the London hospitals.
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.
