RSCH Hospital Redevelopment

10/11/2022

Eastern Road will be closed this weekend , 12th and 13th November where it passes the 3Ts Redevelopment construction site at the Royal Sussex County Hospital. During the road closure, traffic will be diverted to the south of the hospital along St George's Road. All the hospital's entrances and buildings will remain open as usual.

The road is being closed so that trees and shrubs can be lifted onto various levels on the exterior of the new building at the County Hospital. Autumn is the best time to put in most plant species. We will be planting 29 trees, more than 1400 shrubs and perennials and seeding more than 450m2 of specialist mating designed to support wildflowers and grasses.

There's a lot happening across the redevelopment at the moment. The majority of the building will be handed over to us by the end of November. We are less than six months away from moving in patient services. Keep checking back for pictures, updates and sneak peeks inside the building.

09/11/2022

If you see smoke coming from the roof of the new building at the County Hospital on Thursday 10th November, please don't worry.

We will be testing the building's emergency generators on and off during the day.

Most of what you will see is steam, but it looks like smoke from a distance.

We're testing the back-up generators because we are only a few weeks away from taking over most of the new building.

Once it's been handed over to us, we will start cleaning, testing and equipping it straight away.

The plan is to have the building ready for services to start moving in during spring next year..

28/10/2022

Building a new pedestrian crossing at the County Hospital 31.10.22 to 06.11.22

Starting on Monday 31st October, Eastern Road will be reduced to a single lane where it passes the new building at The Royal Sussex County Hospital. This is to allow a pedestrian crossing to be built, creating a safe way to cross the road near to the new main entrance of the hospital.

Traffic lights will be used to control the flow of vehicles during the works. These lights will be staffed so that ambulances and other emergency vehicles can be given priority.

The bus stop outside the Sussex Eye Hospital has been suspended and buses are stopping outside the Main Outpatients building, opposite the Barry Building during the works

Stage 1 of the 3Ts Redevelopment will be the new main entrance for the hospital and will open its doors in the spring of 2023. The Welcome Space inside is more than 20 times the size of the current main entrance.

Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused during this work.

If you have any queries about this work or the 3Ts Redevelopment of the hospital, please email uhsussex.3ts@nhs.net

You can find more information about the 3Ts Redevelopment at www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/3ts

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21/10/2022

How to reach the car park at the County Hospital this weekend - 22 / 23 October 2022

The route to the multi-story car park at the Royal Sussex County Hospital will be different this weekend. Vehicles coming to the car park should use the entrance at the west end of the site. To reach this entrance from Eastern Road, the main road that runs in front of the hospital, please use Upper Abbey Road and Whitehawk Hill Road, as shown in the diagram.

The same route should also be used for vehicles coming to the Millennium Wing, the Thomas Kemp Tower, the Sussex Kidney Unit and the Children’s Hospital. The exit for vehicles from the hospital will be unchanged.

The route to Accident and Emergency will be unchanged.

There will be signs on the roads around the outside of the hospital to direct traffic, and staff will be on hand to help both inside and outside the site.

The usual route to the car park within the hospital will be closed to allow vital maintenance work to be carried out.
Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused during the road closure.

20/10/2022

3Ts Redevelopment – Imaging improvements in the new building

From the spring of next year patients coming to the Imaging Department at the Royal Sussex County Hospital will find themselves in the brand-new building at the front of the site. The Imaging Department is one of thirty-two clinical wards and services that will be moving in early in 2023.

To prepare for the move, two new MRI scanners were delivered and installed in the new Imaging Department last weekend. The scanners, weighing 3 tonnes each, were lifted into place from the road in front of the hospital using a 450-tonne mobile crane.
In total thirteen new pieces of imaging equipment have been installed in the building, including X-ray machines, CT scanners and a specialist intraoperative MRI that can be used during neurosurgery operations. The new equipment will offer patients all the benefits of modern imaging; sharper images captured in less time with lower radiation levels.

The new building will let patients experience the best that modern healthcare facilities can offer, spacious accommodation designed with their care, privacy and dignity in mind. The new Imaging Department will use pass through changing. This allows patients who need to get changed to go from their own changing room directly into the scanning room, without having to pass through any public area or waiting room.

The Imaging Department will move from an extension of the Barry Building, which opened before x-rays were discovered, to level 4 of the new building. It will be next to the Fracture Clinic, as patients often have to attend both services during a single visit. The location of services in the building has been planned to make the most common patient journeys as easy as possible.

The new building will be handed over to the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust before the end of the year. The building will then have its final quality check and be made ready for clinical use. During that time staff will be familiarised with the building and trained on new equipment and ways of working.

Patient services will start to move in during the Spring of 2023.

13/10/2022

Resurfacing Bristol Gate at the County Hospital:
Monday 17th to Wednesday 19th October 2022

The lower half of Bristol Gate, the road that leads to the Emergency Department at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, will be resurfaced next week. To minimise the disruption to emergency ambulances, the work will take place at night when there is less traffic.

The road will be reduced to a single lane each evening from Monday 17th October to Wednesday 19th October. It will be returned to normal function each morning. There will be staffed traffic lights in place where the road is narrowed to control traffic and ensure ambulances are not delayed.

The works will take place between the junction with Eastern Road and a point just past the MacMillan Horizon Centre, about half-way up the road.

Bristol Gate is being widened as part of the 3Ts Redevelopment of the County Hospital. Widening the road allows separate left and right turn filter lanes at the junction with Eastern Road. This will help with traffic management on Bristol Gate that can become very busy at times.

Works timetable
Monday: removing elements of the existing road surface
Tuesday: resurfacing and leveling
Wednesday: painting white lines

Please accept our apologies for any disturbance caused by these works.

05/10/2022

Eastern Road will be closed this weekend , 8th and 9th October, where it passes the 3Ts Redevelopment construction site at the Royal Sussex County Hospital. During the road closure, traffic will be diverted to the south of the hospital along St George's Road. All the hospital's entrances and buildings will remain open as usual.

The road is being closed so that two new MRIs can be lifted into the main Imaging Department on level 4 of the new building. Patients coming to the new department, in the spring of 2023, will benefit from the latest equipment set in a spacious, purpose built environment.

The main imaging outpatient waiting room will be at the front of the building, with stunning views out towards the sea and access to a large terrace. To quote one member of the imaging team, "People who have used the service in Barry Building won't believe this is part of the same hospital. It's so different and there's so much more space."

The Fracture Clinic will also be on level 4 of the new building. Patients who visit it often have to go to imaging as well. Having the services together makes it easier for them and for staff. Making patient journeys easier is a key consideration in the layout of the new building.

There's a lot happening across the redevelopment over the coming months. The building will be handed over to us by the end of the year. Keep checking back for pictures, updates and sneak peeks inside the building.

06/09/2022

Thank you to everyone who suggested a name for the Stage 1 Building at the County Hospital. We will now review all 690 entries and make a short list. Our Board will make the final decision from that list, and the name will be announced towards the end of the year.

02/09/2022

Did you know? New imaging equipment has started arriving at the 3Ts Redevelopment’s Stage 1 Building at the County Hospital. The first of 3 new MRIs was delivered over the weekend and lifted in to place on level 5 of the building, next to our new suite of neurosurgery and interventional radiology theatres. It is known as an intraoperative MRI and will allow images of patients’ brains to be taken during operations.

The next two MRI’s will be delivered later in September. We will also install new CT scanners, PET scanners (no, we won’t be scanning cats and dogs, PET stands for positron emission tomography,) and new x-ray equipment as well. Our main Imaging Department will be moving into level 4 of the new building, with the Fracture Clinic alongside it.

31/08/2022

It's 6 months until the Stage 1 building opens at the County Hospital. It will be the new home for 32 wards and departments. Want to know more, what it will mean for patients and visitors, and what happens next? Then come along to the next Hospital Liaison Group meeting. Monday 5th September, 6pm, Audrey Emerton Building, Eastern Road. If you would like more information, please email uhsussex.3ts@nhs.net. or visit www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/3ts

17/08/2022

Did you know...?

Stage 1 of 3Ts will be the hospital's new main entrance. It has over than 20 times as much room as the existing entrance, and more than 1 million people a year will use it and benefit from the large Welcome Space at the front of the building.

11/08/2022

Did you know?...

In just five days we've had more than 350 names for the new building at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton shared with us. It's not too late, the webpage stays open until 28th August. So go on, let us know your idea and Share A Name. www.uhsussex.nhs.net/shareaname