News and reports

We have published our Annual Report covering the period from April 2023 to March 2024, highlighting our work and achievements over the past year. Read how your stories have helped to deliver change.

These are the public board papers for the Board of Directors meeting held on 8th April 2024.

These are the board papers for the Board of Directors meeting held on 8th July 2024. Minutes will be published once these have been approved at the October 2024 Board meeting.

Healthwatch Brighton and Hove regularly evaluates its projects and reviews of health and care services to assess how effectively we have engaged with the general population of the city and its diverse communities. This Equality Impact Assessment (EIA) provides detail on the extent to which this was achieved in the last year.

Children and Young People (CYP) were asked for their views about how substance misuse services, sexual health services and therapeutic support services could better engage with them. Find out what they told us.

In May 2024, the three Healthwatch teams in Sussex sought your experiences of being seen by a Physician Associate. Read the results.

Healthwatch Brighton and Hove regularly asks for feedback from stakeholders. This report provides a summary of the responses to our latest survey.

This report outlines findings surrounding the use and attitudes of digital technology among ethnic minority elders in Brighton and Hove. This report informs a second work package which intends to support future engagement in research from this underserved population.

22 people shared their views and experiences surrounding digital technology. The conversations explored people's digital skills, how digital technology is used, issues surrounding trust, accessing health services, and issues related to age and ethnicity.

In April 2024, the three local Healthwatch in Sussex sought people's experiences of Memory Assessment Services in Sussex. We asked six questions and produced a two-page summary report.

Healthwatch Brighton & Hove undertook an Enter and View visit to the Emergency Department at the Royal Sussex County Hospital - read about what they found and our recommendations.

Between April 1st 2023 and March 31st 2024, we received 365 enquiries to our helpline. These were a combination of phone call messages (42), feedback through our website (142) and emails (126). All enquiries are handled by two experienced, trained and DBS checked Healthwatch volunteers.

This document describes the health and social care projects that Healthwatch Brighton and Hove has worked on during the past year and those we determined that we were unable to take forward for various reasons. It also describes the work we are currently working on or are actively considering and which we will take forward into the next year (April 2024 – April 2025).