| Worthing Hospital | |
| Org/Group: | University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust |
| Location: | Worthing |
| Region: | West Sussex |
| State: | England |
| Country: | UK |
| Healthcare: | NHS |
| Type: | District General |
| Emergency: | Yes |
| Beds: | approx 500 |
| Founded: | 1829 |
| Map Type: | West Sussex |
| Coordinates: | 50.8168°N -0.3643°W |
Worthing Hospital is a medium-sized District General Hospital (DGH) located in Worthing, West Sussex, England. It is managed by University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust.
Worthing's first hospital was a dispensary created in 1829 in Ann Street.[1] A new dispensary was set up in 1845 in Chapel Road, which when enlarged in 1860 became known as the Worthing Infirmary and Dispensary.[1] The Worthing Infirmary and Dispensary moved to the current site in Lyndhurst Road in 1882 and was given the name Worthing Hospital in 1902.[1] The new East Wing was opened by Princess Anne in 1998.[2]
After concerns were raised that the hospital could lose some of its services, a series of marches and protest events were held in both Worthing and Chichester against the plans to downsize facilities.[3] In May 2008, the West Sussex Primary Care Trust Board recommended that Worthing Hospital be the 'major general hospital' for West Sussex and that St Richard's Hospital in Chichester be downgraded.[4]
In 2016 Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WSHFT) was rated as 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).[5]
Marianne Griffiths, the Chief Executive, was named chief executive of the year at the Health Service Journal awards in November 2016,[6] and the top chief executive 2018[7] and again in 2019.[8]
In 2019 Marianne Griffiths was made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.[9]
In April 2021 WSHFT (of which Worthing Hospital was formerly a part) and BSUH (Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust) merged to become University Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.[10]