Hospitals' options revealed
West Sussex Primary Care Trust today unveiled the three options for the way health services will be provided in hospitals.
Two of the three would see the Chichester hospital become the county's only major general hosptal while the third would see it downgraded to a local general hospital with many vital services lost.
OPTION 1:
KEEP Worthing as a major general hospital
DEMOTE St Richard's to local hospital status
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Hide AdDEMOTE Princess Royal, Haywards Heath, to a community hospital
CREATE a stand-alone maternity unit for West Sussex
KEEP Crawley services as they are
OPTION 2
KEEP St Richard's as a major general hospital
DEMOTE Worthing and Princess Royal to local general hospitals
CREATE a stand-alone maternity unit for West Sussex
KEEP Crawley services as they are
OPTION 3
KEEP St Richard's as a major general hospital
DEMOTE Worthing to a local hospital
DEMOTE Princess Royal to a community hospital
CREATE a stand-alone midwife unit
KEEP Crawley services as they are
See tomorrow's Observer for full details
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