Worthing Hospital

Worthing Hospital is a medium-sized District General Hospital (DGH) located in Worthing, West Sussex, England. It has approximately 500 beds. In 2001 a £1.3m Children’s Centre opened, enabling almost all children’s healthcare needs to be met under one roof. The hospital is run by Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust, which also runs Southlands Hospital in Shoreham-by-Sea and St Richard's Hospital in Chichester. It was previously run by Worthing & Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust, which merged with the Royal West Sussex NHS Trust in April 2009.

The hospital is located just north-east of Worthing town centre, between Homefield Park and Beach House Park.

In 2011 the Hospital invested £14 Million building a children's A&E, two new wards and an outpatients department. It is also currently building two new laminar flow operating theatres.

The hospital was threatened with downsizing or closure as part of the NHS Strategic Health Authority's 'Fit For The Future' proposal. A series of marches and protest events were held in both Worthing and Chichester against the plans. In June 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. The recommendation is that services should be centralised at Worthing and moved away from St Richard's Hospital. In October 2008, the Trust Boards of Worthing and Southlands NHS Trust and the Royal West Sussex NHS Trust agreed ‘in principle’ to a merger. This would form one organisation managing St Richards, Worthing and Southlands hospitals.

In November 2008, the friends of Worthing Hospital started fundraising for a new £1 million CT scanner.

Seaside Hospital Radio broadcasts to patients of Worthing Hospital, as well as Southlands Hospital.