Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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| Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | |
|---|---|
| Type | NHS foundation trust |
| Established | 1 April 2009 |
| Disbanded | 1 April 2021 |
| Hospitals | |
| Chief executive | Marianne Griffiths |
| Staff | 6,636 (2019/20)[1] |
| Website | www |
Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was an NHS foundation trust which ran Worthing Hospital, Southlands Hospital in Shoreham-by-Sea and St Richard's Hospital in Chichester, West Sussex, England and served a population of around 450,000 people across a catchment area covering most of West Sussex. It was formed through a merger in 2009 and started with a substantial inherited deficit, mortality issues and poor performance. It merged into University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust in 2021.
In April 2014 the maternity unit at Worthing and St Richard's was awarded the "level three" award by the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts (CNST).[2]
Stroke services are provided at both sites. NHS England want to see them centralised on one site.[3]
The trust was established on 1 April 2009 following the dissolution and merger of the Royal West Sussex NHS Trust and the Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust.[4]
In July 2020 it announced plans to merge with Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust.[5] On 1 April 2021, the merger of the two NHS Trusts led to the creation of University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust.[6]