Live by the sea
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Hope he makes a speedy and full recovery .
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[NSC] Royal Sussex County Hospital.
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Very sad to hear that, i hope for a full recovery. Best wishes.
Icy Gull
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Awful, I know the pain and worry, my daughter spent the first four months of her life in the old Royal Alex and was given little chance of surviving in the beginning. Now a 36 year old Mum and living life to the full. Really pleased to hear things are moving in the right direction for you. Stay strong, the NHS is amazing with life threatening treatment, as are the people who work in it. 
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portslade seagull
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Took my 90yr old dad to the RSCH today for an appointment only to be told it was cancelled lastnight via a phone call.
Well there was definitely no call made even though notes added to the system confirmed contact. Luckily the consultant was still there twiddling his thumbs and came out to apologise. He explained out of all his appointments today roughly 75% had just not bothered to turn up and the one he had asked to be cancelled ( my dads ) had.
Basically said the NHS was a mess with loads going wrong. He himself was great along with the receptionist and sister, they couldn't have done more
Well there was definitely no call made even though notes added to the system confirmed contact. Luckily the consultant was still there twiddling his thumbs and came out to apologise. He explained out of all his appointments today roughly 75% had just not bothered to turn up and the one he had asked to be cancelled ( my dads ) had.
Basically said the NHS was a mess with loads going wrong. He himself was great along with the receptionist and sister, they couldn't have done more
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Brighthelmstone
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I hope as he was sitting around doing nothing he did still see your dad? either way, hope he's ok
portslade seagull
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Yeah fair play to him he did. It was a very big waiting area just empty. I can only assume most patients thought their appointments were cancelled due to the junior doctors strike
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-68206681
Shame this hospital that serves the city Of Brighton & Hove, but due to its location fails most of Sussex is in the news including Newsnight.
Should have been closed down and a hospital built that truly serves the county built.
Shame this hospital that serves the city Of Brighton & Hove, but due to its location fails most of Sussex is in the news including Newsnight.
Should have been closed down and a hospital built that truly serves the county built.
In Plymouth they have a huge out of city hospital which is a dream to get in and out of, park and serves the community well. Royal Sussex is just the wrong shapes, sizes and location...as well as not being modern.
AmexRuislip
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Is that Derriford hospital next to HMS Drake?
drew
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Not sure you can argue that the RSCH is not modern when they've just spent millions on redevelopment and will be doing the same to the older buildings that sitll remain.
The alleged bullying, assaults and medical negligence has nothing to do with the architecture or location. Particularly because the new buildings were open then.
But it remains in a poor location access wise.
I’ll say it quietly, but the most obvious site was where one of the best stadiums in the premier league sits…..
As for Derriford……. Meh! - Not that great, seen lots better.
drew
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Can't argue about the location, I was just challenging the assertion it isn't modern.
Yeah.. my folks were living there for a bit, so used the hospital a few times. It's just so much easier to use as a hospital
not sure there is a perfect hospital ive been to - having lived in london and used most of the ones there as well... but it def helps if there is good access to it. Royal Sussex, despite the improvements, it across several buildings in a tight space. very hard to visit as an out patient and as a visitor.
Several poor experiences over the past couple of years there - APART FROM the Royal Alex, which is very good.
Location wise Great Western (Swindon) is very good, the design is not the best, similarly Royal Bournemouth is sufficiently out of town access wise.
A lot of hospitals like old football grounds are landlocked from a development perspective.
Edit - have visited every one in the South and a number elsewhere nationally through work
A mex eyecan
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Just thinking that if they had done the sensible thing and completely relocate RSCH, all the development works that took x years to do a new hospital could have probably been built quicker and easier.
The current site if sold for development for homes could probably raised a very large chuck of the rebuilding costs.
The current site if sold for development for homes could probably raised a very large chuck of the rebuilding costs.