News and reports

Healthwatch England's latest findings reveal what people have been telling them about their experience of urgent and emergency care services.

Healthwatch has worked closely with Caroline Lucas MP's team in Brighton over the past year as she had a strong interest in what is happening to NHS dentistry. We have asked 21 questions of the Minister responsible for dentistry provision.

Healthwatch volunteers undertook an Enter and View visit to two wards at the Royal Sussex County Hospital - read about what they found and our recommendations

Healthwatch Brighton and Hove led the organisation of a regional conference, alongside other local Healthwatch partners in East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey, Kent and Meadway.

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.