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

DEMOTE 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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