Princess Royal Hospital

Details

Name :

Princess Royal Hospital

Address  :

Lewes Road
Haywards Heath

Town  :

West Sussex

State  :

East Sussex

Country  :

UK

Post Code:

RH16 4EX

Phone  :

44 0 1444 441881

Web URL  :

Princess Royal Hospital
Specialization
  • Anaesthesiology
  • Cardiothoracic Surgeon
  • Daibetes, Endocrinology
  • Dermatology
  • ENT
  • Gynaecology
  • Neurologist
  • Obestetrician/Gynecologist
  • Ophthalmology
  • Orthopedics
  • Paediatrics
  • Pathology Lab
  • Urology
  • Vascular Surgeon

Description

The Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath West Sussex is situated in the heart of Mid Sussex

In 1859 the Sussex County Lunatic Asylum later St Francis Hospital and now the Princess Royal Hospital opened and the asylum along with the railway became the areas biggest employer housing well over 900 patients

In 1841 the first railway link between London and Haywards Heath was opened giving rise to a new period of growth and prosperity centred on the railway which brought new residents and business to the town

Part of St Francis Hospital was renamed the Princess Royal when the Cuckfield and Haywards Heath hospital moved into new buildings in the grounds of St Francis in the 1980s

This hospital provides a full range of general acute services AampE and a Maternity Unit and works in clinical partnership and interdependently with the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton


History

History
The Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath West Sussex is situated in the heart of Mid Sussex

In 1859 the Sussex County Lunatic Asylum later St Francis Hospital and now the Princess Royal Hospital opened and the asylum along with the railway became the areas biggest employer housing well over 900 patients

In 1841 the first railway link between London and Haywards Heath was opened giving rise to a new period of growth and prosperity centred on the railway which brought new residents and business to the town
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