Zachary Merton Hospital is a health facility at Glenville Road, Rustington, West Sussex, England. It is managed by the Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust.

History

The facility, which was financed by a trust fund established by Zachary Merton, was opened as a convalescent home in April 1937.[1] It became a maternity hospital in 1939[2] and, after joining the National Health Service as the Zachary Merton Maternity Home in 1948,[3] it became a community hospital in 1979.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Zachary Merton Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Exhibition tells story of Rustington community hospital". Littlehampton Gazette. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Zachary Merton Hospital, Littlehampton". National Archives. Retrieved 31 December 2019.


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