Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust

Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
TypeNHS trust
Established1 April 2002
Disbanded1 April 2021
Hospitals
Staff8,220 FTE (2019/20)[1]

Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust (Now disbanded), 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 number of other hospitals and medical facilities, including the Royal Alexandra Children's and Sussex Eye Hospitals in Brighton, Hove Polyclinic, the Park Centre for Breast Care at Preston Park and Hurstwood Park Neurosciences Centre in Haywards Heath. The Trust also provided services in Brighton General Hospital, Lewes Victoria Hospital, Bexhill Renal Satellite Unit, Eastbourne District General Hospital and Worthing Hospital.

In July 2020 it announced plans to merge with Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.[2]

On April 1, 2021, it officially merged to become University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust.

  1. ^ "Annual Report and Accounts 2019/20" (PDF). Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Merger set to create region's first mega trust". Health Service Journal. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.