Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

What Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust does

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (SASH) is a statutory NHS Trust operating acute, elective, and community healthcare services for the Surrey and Sussex population in southeast England. Founded in 1999 under the NHS Act 2006 and headquartered at East Surrey Hospital in Redhill, the trust runs four physical sites — East Surrey Hospital, Crawley Hospital, Horsham Hospital, and Caterham Dene Hospital — supported by two Community Diagnostic Centres at Crawley and Redhill (The Belfry Shopping Centre). Service lines span cancer (with the East Surrey Macmillan Cancer Support Centre opened January 2016), medicine and emergency care, surgery, women's and children's services, outpatients, pathology, pharmacy, therapies, and diagnostic imaging, plus a Virtual Hospital for video/telephone consultations and an at-home care service.

Technology infrastructure centres on the NHS digital stack: Cerner electronic health records, the SASH-BSPS pathology integration, the MySASH patient portal for outpatient self-service, and a staff intranet (SASHnet), with no disclosed proprietary AI/ML components. The Care Quality Commission awarded the trust an Outstanding overall rating on 7 May 2021, placing it among the higher-quality NHS Trusts in England.

The operating model is publicly funded and geographically bounded. All revenue originates from UK NHS allocations via NHS England and Integrated Care Boards — no commercial billing occurs at point of service. Customer segments are horizontal: the general public across the trust catchment, plus primary care GPs as referring clinicians. Strategic partnerships with Macmillan Cancer Support and NHS Sussex underpin cancer services and the CDC programme respectively. The trust is government-owned, with a 1,001–5,000 employee headcount and a recent Critical Incident at East Surrey Hospital (resolved April 2026) signalling acute operational risk within the publicly funded model.

Name

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Legal name

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Website

https://surreyandsussex.nhs.uk

Company type

Public

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is a publicly funded NHS Trust operating acute, elective, and community healthcare services across four hospital sites and two Community Diagnostic Centres in southeast England, serving Surrey and Sussex residents through NHS funding.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Acute Hospital Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221), General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (62211), Ambulatory Health Care Services (621)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Safety-Net & Public Hospitals (HLAFAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Hospital-at-Home & Virtual Ward IoT (HLACAPAC), Primary Care & General Medicine Virtual Care (HLALAAAA), Oncology & Cancer Specialty Hospitals (HLAFAHAC)

Keywords

• Acute hospital services
• NHS healthcare delivery
• Cancer care services
• Diagnostic imaging services
• Emergency medical care

Headquarters

HQ city

Redhill

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. NHS Government Funding: Publicly funded healthcare through UK National Health Service budget allocation from government

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust provides publicly funded NHS acute, emergency, planned, and community healthcare services across multiple hospital and diagnostic sites in Surrey and Sussex, England. Core offerings include emergency medicine, surgery, cancer services, maternity and women's health, paediatrics, outpatient care, therapies, pathology, pharmacy, and diagnostic imaging, supported by digital platforms such as the MySASH Patient Portal and a Virtual Hospital for remote consultations.

Product overview

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust provides a comprehensive range of NHS healthcare services across multiple hospital and community sites. The Trust operates primarily from East Surrey Hospital in Redhill, with additional sites including Crawley Hospital, Horsham Hospital, and Caterham Dene Hospital. The service portfolio is organized around major clinical pathways including Cancer Services (with the East Surrey Macmillan Cancer Support Centre), Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC), Medicine and Emergency Care, Surgery, Women's Services, Children's Services, Outpatients, Pathology, Pharmacy, Support Services, and Therapies. The Trust also provides digital health services including the MySASH Patient Portal for online appointment management and record access, SASHnet for staff, and a Virtual Hospital offering video and telephone consultations for remote care delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SASH Charity: Charitable arm of the trust supporting patient care and services
• SASH Medical Education
• SASH at home
• East Surrey Macmillan Cancer Support Centre

Products and services

• MySASH Patient Portal
• Cancer Services
• East Surrey Macmillan Cancer Support Centre
• Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC)
• Medicine and Emergency Care
• Surgery
• Women's Services
• Children's Services (Paediatrics)
• Outpatients
• Pathology
• Pharmacy
• Support Services
• Therapies
• Diagnostic Imaging
• SASH at Home
• Virtual Hospital
• SASHnet

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Macmillan Cancer SupportcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Partnership to develop and operate the East Surrey Macmillan Cancer Support Centre, opened in January 2016. The centre provides holistic cancer support services including therapies, wellbeing activities, and information to patients, carers, and family members in a non-clinical environment.
• NHS SussexcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with NHS Sussex to establish Community Diagnostic Centres across the region, including Crawley CDC, to reduce waiting times for vital diagnostic tests and checks and provide planned diagnostic care closer to home.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust: Neighbouring acute NHS foundation trust serving Surrey/Hampshire/Berkshire with comparable emergency, surgical, and diagnostic services.
• Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust: Surrey-based acute NHS trust providing general medical, surgical, cancer, and diagnostic services to an adjacent population.
• Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Surrey acute trust operating district general hospitals with a similar service mix of emergency, elective, and maternity care.
• Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust: Surrey/South London acute NHS trust delivering comparable general hospital and specialist services.
• University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust: Large Sussex acute trust providing overlapping emergency, surgical, cancer, and diagnostic services in the same broader region.
• East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust: Sussex acute and community NHS trust with a similar portfolio of hospital and community-based care.
• Croydon Health Services NHS Trust: Neighbouring acute and community NHS trust serving a comparable urban/suburban population with district general hospital services.
• Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership / Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust: South East England acute NHS trust offering comparable acute, cancer, and diagnostic services in an adjacent territory.

Broad incumbents

• Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust: Large, established London NHS foundation trust with a broad and more specialized acute portfolio overlapping the anchor's core services.

Others

• Brighton and Hove / Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust: Community-focused NHS provider in the same region delivering home and community-based care that overlaps with the trust's SASH at Home and community diagnostic offerings.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/sash.nhs
• Instagraminstagram.com/sashnhs
• Xx.com/sashnhs

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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