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Major merger plans announced for Sussex trusts
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals and Western Sussex Hospitals have announced plans to pursue a merger between the two trusts.
The two organisations, which run hospitals in Brighton, Haywards Heath, Worthing, Shoreham and Chichester, have been managed by a shared executive team since April 2017. During that period, WSHT became the first non-specialist acute hospitals trust to be awarded Outstanding in all the CQC’s key inspection areas, whilst BSUH became the fastest improving acute hospitals trust in England and is now rated Good overall and Outstanding for caring.
The Trust Boards believe a new, single organisation will create exciting opportunities for the hospitals to grow and develop services and continue to deliver outstanding care to communities across Sussex.
It has been reported that the new organisation would have more than 15,000 staff and a £500 million new hospital in Brighton offering local health care and serving as a regional specialist centre.
Marianne Griffiths, chief executive of BSUH and WSHT, said: “Our ambition with a new, single organisation is to create new specialist services and continue to develop and deliver outstanding local care to our patients. The talent, expertise and dedication shown by colleagues at BSUH and WSHT is remarkable. In recent months as we have responded to the Covid-19 pandemic the collaboration and mutual support between the trusts has been hugely effective. This partnership has enabled us to provide the very best care for our patients while maintaining our focus on staff safety.
“Building on this closer working relationship and creating a new, single organisation will provide us with many opportunities to design and grow services for our local communities and improve the care we provide across Sussex.”
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