Community palliative care
Hospice services
The Martlets Hospice offers in-patient, day hospice and hospice at home services for the populations of Portslade, Hove, Brighton, Saltdean, Rottingdean, Peacehaven, Newhaven, inland to Lewes and back along the line of the Downs.
Hospice in the Weald (Pembury) offers in-patient, day hospice and hospice in the home services and serves a community of approximately 300,000 over an area of 400 sq. miles of West Kent and northern East Sussex.
St Catherines (Crawley) offers in-patient, day hospice and community services for the community of Mid Sussex, Crawley, Horsham and East Surrey, including Dorking, Reigate, Redhill, Horsham, Crawley, East Grinstead, Haywards Heath, Burgess Hill, Hassocks, Billingshurst, and the areas surrounding these towns.
You can also search for a hospice in your area using the Help the Hospices Hospice and Palliative Care Providers online search.
Hospital services
Information on cancer services at Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust (BSUH) including information about individual multi-disciplinary teams, can be found in the trust's Cancer Services Directory which also includes information about the trust's Specialist Palliative Care teams.
Hospitals at BSUH include:
- Royal Sussex County Hospital (Brighton)
- Princess Royal Hospital (Haywards Heath)
- Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital
- Sussex Eye Hospital
- Hurstwood Park Neurological Centre
You can also search for a hospital in your area and compare hospital data using the NHS Choices 'find and choose services' application.
Brighton and Hove - a picture of health
The Health Profile for Brighton and Hove gives a picture of health in the city. Nationwide profiles are designed to help health services and local government understand their community’s needs, so they can work to improve people’s health and reduce health inequalities. Profiles from other areas can be viewed here.
