Zachary Merton Hospital

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

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History

The facility, which was financed by a trust fund established by Zachary Merton, was opened as a convalescent home in April 1937. It became a maternity hospital in 1939 and, after joining the National Health Service as the Zachary Merton Maternity Home in 1948, it became a community hospital in 1979. The hospital was closed, initially on a temporary basis, in November 2023: its permanent closure was confirmed in July 2025.