News and reports

Healthwatch were commissioned to explore service user experience of mental health services and accommodation which provides mental health support, in our city. This report is about the experiences of 137 service users and 96 mental health professionals.

We spoke to 20 people who had ‘poor’ or ‘very poor’ internet skills. This study showed that the context of use was an important part of digital exclusion, with some people happy to use the internet for some purposes but not for health and care.

This document provides a summary of the public enquiries we received between April to June 2022.

We release our Annual Report covering the period to March 2022, which highlights the work and achievements over the past year.

Our project supported LGBTQ+ people in Brighton and Hove to share their experiences of health and social care services.

Our latest bulletin provides information about the current dental crisis, how Healthwatch is helping, and guidance for patients

Healthwatch Brighton and Hove volunteers continues to play a big role in supporting the Covid-19 vaccination enquiry line

Our attached report details examples of patient experiences of using the A&E department at our local hospital- both positive and where there are lessons to be learnt.

Our latest report looks at the how local residents feel about the services they received at the East and Central Brighton Primary Care Network.

Our latest report highlights the views of service users and prescribers, of Brighton & Hove's Equipment and Adaptations Service.

Today, Healthwatch has published a report which looks at how to deliver personalised end of life care for LGBTQ+ patients. The results are from a Healthwatch review of published literature. We have worked with our NHS Trust to examine our findings.

Our latest report on the HOPs project, which was started as part of the city's COVID-19 response - a collaboration between us, the council and the hospital trust.