- NHS hospital
Royal Sussex County Hospital
Assessment report published 17 December 2025
Contents
Ratings
Our view of the service
Date of assessment: 26 to 27 February 2025
The Royal Sussex County Hospital is based in Brighton and run by University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust. The Royal Sussex County Hospital provides clinical services to people in Brighton and Hove. The hospital is a major trauma and tertiary center for specialist services and provides some specialist services for patients from across the wider Southeast region.
At this assessment we inspected 2 assessment service groups, Urgent and Emergency care and Maternity services. We rated Urgent and Emergency Care as requires improvement and Maternity as requires improvement. The ratings of Urgent and Emergency Care and Maternity have been combined with ratings of other services from the last assessment. Please see reports from previous assessments to get a full picture of the services at Royal Sussex County Hospital. Royal Sussex County Hospital has maintained the rating of requires improvement overall.
At the assessment of Urgent and Emergency Care we found 2 breaches in regulation in relation to safe care and treatment and privacy and dignity.
At this assessment of maternity services, we identified 5 breaches of regulations in relation to safe care and treatment and good governance.