[1][2][3] In 2023 UHSussex opened the new £400million Louisa Martindale Building[4] at the Brighton site.

It starts by asking frontline staff to identify opportunities for positive, sustainable change.

In July 2022 it was reported that patients experiencing a mental health crisis had been kept in a “short stay area” of the Emergency Department at the Royal Sussex County Hospital for up to three weeks waiting for a mental health placement.

It is an area with no natural light, no TV or radio and only a toilet and washbasin, with a shower available on a neighbouring ward.

Between 1 February and 16 April, the Care Quality Commission found there had been 67 days when more than 18 patients had been accommodated in corridors.