Princess Royal Hospital (Haywards Heath)
Encyclopedia
The Princess Royal Hospital is an acute, teaching, general hospital located in Haywards Heath
, West Sussex
, England
. It is the main hospital in the Mid Sussex
district and is part of the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust along with the larger Royal Sussex County Hospital
and several other facilties, mostly in nearby Brighton
.
The hospital has a range of acute and chronic medicine departments, and works interdependently with the other hospitals in the trust to provide a complete service.
and Haywards Heath
hospitals, both located to the far side of Haywards Heath to the current hospital, in the grounds of St Francis Hospital, a mental hospital which had stood on the site since 1859, and was originally named the Sussex County Lunatic Asylum.
The original St Francis hospital was closed and redeveloped for housing the 1990s.
(accident and emergency) for receiving patients, although it only accepts adult cases which will not require surgery, referring others (including children) to alternative departments at the Royal Sussex County Hospital
or ast Surrey Hospital]. It also has a full maternity and gynecology service.
The hospital is a regional centre for neurology
, with the specialist Hurstwood Park Regional Centre for Neurosciences based at the hospital.
Princess Royal also has medical and surgical facilties, along with adult intensive care, ear, nose & throat, diabetic medicine, geriatrics, haemotology, urology and cardiac services.
Haywards Heath
-Climate:Haywards Heath experiences an oceanic climate similar to almost all of the United Kingdom.-Rail:Haywards Heath railway station is a major station on the Brighton Main Line...
, West Sussex
West Sussex
West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It is the main hospital in the Mid Sussex
Mid Sussex
Mid Sussex is a local government district in the English county of West Sussex. It contains the towns of East Grinstead, Haywards Heath and Burgess Hill....
district and is part of the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust along with the larger Royal Sussex County Hospital
Royal Sussex County Hospital
The Royal Sussex County Hospital is an acute teaching hospital in Brighton, England. Together with the Princess Royal Hospital , it is administered by the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust...
and several other facilties, mostly in nearby Brighton
Brighton
Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...
.
The hospital has a range of acute and chronic medicine departments, and works interdependently with the other hospitals in the trust to provide a complete service.
History
The Princess Royal Hospital was purpose built to replace the aging CuckfieldCuckfield
Cuckfield is a large village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England, on the southern slopes of the Weald. It lies south of London, north of Brighton, and east northeast of the county town of Chichester. Nearby towns include Haywards Heath to the southeast and Burgess...
and Haywards Heath
Haywards Heath
-Climate:Haywards Heath experiences an oceanic climate similar to almost all of the United Kingdom.-Rail:Haywards Heath railway station is a major station on the Brighton Main Line...
hospitals, both located to the far side of Haywards Heath to the current hospital, in the grounds of St Francis Hospital, a mental hospital which had stood on the site since 1859, and was originally named the Sussex County Lunatic Asylum.
The original St Francis hospital was closed and redeveloped for housing the 1990s.
Departments
The hospital has an emergency departmentEmergency department
An emergency department , also known as accident & emergency , emergency room , emergency ward , or casualty department is a medical treatment facility specialising in acute care of patients who present without prior appointment, either by their own means or by ambulance...
(accident and emergency) for receiving patients, although it only accepts adult cases which will not require surgery, referring others (including children) to alternative departments at the Royal Sussex County Hospital
Royal Sussex County Hospital
The Royal Sussex County Hospital is an acute teaching hospital in Brighton, England. Together with the Princess Royal Hospital , it is administered by the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust...
or ast Surrey Hospital]. It also has a full maternity and gynecology service.
The hospital is a regional centre for neurology
Neurology
Neurology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the nervous system. Specifically, it deals with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of disease involving the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems, including their coverings, blood vessels, and all effector tissue,...
, with the specialist Hurstwood Park Regional Centre for Neurosciences based at the hospital.
Princess Royal also has medical and surgical facilties, along with adult intensive care, ear, nose & throat, diabetic medicine, geriatrics, haemotology, urology and cardiac services.