An NHS private patient unit (PPU) is a separate ward, building or suite of rooms at an NHS hospital where consultants provide private patients with consultations and treatment.
Overview
- Lyndhurst Road WORTHING BN11 2DH
- 01903 285286
- 01903 285287
- downlands.suiteadmissions@nhs.net
Accreditations
We've quality checked this hospital/clinic against national best practice standards from The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), and other expert organisations so you can be reassured that you'll receive high quality care.
Bowel cancer centre
This Bupa accredited bowel care centre offers specialist care in the following areas:
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Bowel diagnosis centre
This centre offers the following specialist care:
- Endoscopy care delivered in line with the Joint Advisory Group (JAG) accreditation. JAG accreditation is awarded to high quality endoscopy services.
- Access to information on all aspects of bowel disease and details of support groups.
- A multi-disciplinary team of specialists to review your case and make sure you’re getting the best care.
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Bowel surgery centre
This centre offers the following specialist care:
- Bowel surgeons who are expected to perform a minimum number of bowel operations per year so you can be confident that you'll be treated in line with best medical practice.
- A multi-disciplinary team of specialists to review your case and make sure you're getting the best care.
- A specialist nurse to support you through your treatment.
- Access to a dietitian to support you with dietary advice specific to your condition.
- Access to information on all aspects of bowel disease and details of support groups.
Live well with cancer programme
Worthing Hospital offers a cancer survivorship programme to support people living with and beyond cancer.
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Live well with cancer programme
This centre offers the following additional specialist care:
- Emotional support.
- Advice from a dietitian and nutritional support.
- Specialist in pain services.
- Physiotherapy.
- Occupational therapy.
- Palliative care services.
Specialist services for our insurance customers
If you're using your health insurance policy to cover any of these services, you'll need to choose a hospital or clinic where the service has a green tick next to it
Paediatrics
This hospital is able to provide out-patient services for children aged 17 and under and in-patient services for the age ranges indicated below.
- Newborn/neo-natal
- 1 month to 3 years
- 4 to 12 years
- 13 to 17 years
Other specialist services
If you're using your health insurance policy to cover any of these services, you’ll need to choose a hospital or clinic where the service has a green tick next to it.
- Bone marrow transplant centre
- CAR-T Therapy
- Cataract centre
- Chemotherapy services
- CT centre
- Endoscopy centre
- MRI centre
- MSK medicine
- Ophthalmic centre
- PET centre
- Radiotherapy services
- TAVI centre
Hospital listsfor our insurance customers
This hospital or clinic is included in the following hospital lists for our insurance customers. Bupa customers can find out which list they can use by looking at their membership certificate:
- Essential Access
- Extended Choice
- Extended Choice with Central London
- Heartbeat Local
- Heartbeat National
- Participating Hospitals
- Partnership Network
- Prime Network
- Prime with Key London
- Countrywide
- Countrywide with London