A&Es to be saved- but not as we know them

But campaigners and clinicians have warned that the level of A&E envisaged by the trust could be less in places than people are used to.

Health bosses revealed at a press briefing on Thursday that they would be recommending the clinicians' model to the West Sussex Primary Care Trust's board today (Wednesday) for the final decision.

The trust says that Worthing and Chichester will keep the majority of A&E services but emergency surgery and other very specialist emergency services will be centralised at the site chosen as the major general hospital '“ either Chichester or Worthing.

The Princess Royal at Haywards Heath will keep its current level of emergency services.

Whichever hospital is chosen as the major general hospital will deal with emergency surgery such as bowel obstructions, ruptured aneurism, severe chest infections or asthma attacks in children.

For full story see West Sussex Gazette May 7