Most heart attack patients in Mid Sussex are getting the treatment they need within the time demanded by the Government.
The Department of Health says at least 75 per cent of heart attack patients should be given a clot-dissolving drug within 30 minutes of arriving at hospital.
The target is being met at Crawley Hospital while staff at Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath are within 25 per cent of the target.
The Government also demands that between 80 and 90 per cent of patients should be given aspirin, beta blockers and statins to reduce the risk of a further heart attack. Both hospitals have met this target.
Worthing Hospital and Eastbourne District General Hospital were the only two in Sussex to be more than 25 per cent away from the first target.
The investigation was carried out for the Myocardial Infarction National Audit Project (Minap).
Before the project began two years ago, few hospitals were reaching the targets.
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