Health services 'saved'

INPATIENT paediatrics, emergency surgery, and inpatient maternity services at both St Richard's, Chichester, and Worthing hospitals look set to be saved following a recommendation for their retention to the NHS West Sussex Board later this month.

At the same time, consultant-led maternity services at the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath, based on the proposals received earlier this year from Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals