Royal West Sussex Hospital Explained

Royal West Sussex Hospital
Location:	Chichester, West Sussex, England
Designation1:	Grade II*
Gbgridref:	SU 85979 05681

The Royal West Sussex Hospital is a former hospital and Grade II* listed building in Chichester, West Sussex, England.

History

In 1784, the Reverend William Walker and Dr Thomas Sanden established the Chichester Dispensary.^[1]

It was renamed the Royal West Sussex Hospital in 1913.^[2]

During the 1940 Battle of Britain, the hospital treated wounded servicemen.^[3]

The building was listed for protection on 8 October 1971.^[4]

Anne Sarah Parsons (1876-1948), Matron 1916- until about 1925.^[5] Parsons trained at The London Hospital under Eva Luckes between 1905-1907.^[6] After her training Parsons trained as a midwife, and worked as a holiday sister and ward sister at The London.^[7] In 1912 she was appointed Matron of the Jessop Hospital in Sheffield for four years before she moved to Chichester.^[8]

Web site: Saunders. Pat. Royal West Sussex Hospital. 31 May 2021. The Novium Museum.
B.. W. J.. October 1960. The Royal West Sussex Hospital. The First Hundred Years, 1784–1884. Medical History. Cambridge University Press. 4. 4. 366. 1034575.
News: 16 July 2018. Matron Parkinson: A National Health Service pioneer. Chichester Observer. 31 May 2021.
Web site: The Royal West Sussex Hospital. 31 May 2021. National Heritage List for England. Historic England.
Rogers, Sarah (2022). 'A Maker of Matrons’? A study of Eva Lückes’s influence on a generation of nurse leaders:1880–1919' (Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Huddersfield, April 2022)
Anne Sarah Parsons, Register of Probationers; RLHLH/N/1/12, 42; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
Ann Parsons, Register of Sisters and Nurses; RLHLH/N/4/2, 262; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
Matron’s Annual Letter to Nurses, No.19, Matron's Annual Letter to Nurses, 1894–1916; RLHLH/N/7/2, No.19, April, 1912, 34; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London.