News and reports

Share for Better Care Week is nearly here! Taking place 23rd - 29th March 2026. This year, take three minutes to share your experience of health and social care and make a real difference.

This day is all about raising awareness of young carers, the challenges they face, and calling for more support.

Working in partnership, Healthwatch Brighton and Hove and Brighton and Hove City Council are running a survey to capture people's feedback about a recent safeguarding process that they were involved in. Below, we have provided more information about this project.

NHS Sussex has launched an online library to help people find safe, reliable apps to support them to manage their health and wellbeing.

Read the latest Care Quality Commission (CQC) report on Wilbury care home. This practice was given an overall rating of 'Good'.

Read the latest Care Quality Commission (CQC) report on London Care - Brighton. This practice was given an overall rating of 'Good'.

The government has launched a new campaign to alert young people to the dangers of ketamine, counterfeit medicines and adulterated THC vapes.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHS England (NHSE) are working to establish a new online service – ‘NHS Online’ - which will deliver online elective care as part of the NHS. When the establishment of any NHS Trust is being considered, there is a duty on the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to first consult with the relevant local Healthwatch.

This is the response from Healthwatch Brighton and Hove to the consultation which is based on our extensive engagement with local people on the use of digital and remote appointments in the health care settings

Healthwatch in Sussex want to hear from you! If you live in Sussex, we would like to find out what you know about, and your experiences of accessing or trying to access, weight loss injections.

Healthwatch in Sussex delivered a project to learn about patient experiences of the Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service since the 1st April 2025 when the EMED group took over the delivery of the Sussex contract. Read our report and recommendations.

Our Spotlight is an opportunity to share local projects, organisations and events which benefit the community. This month we’re spotlighting The Hangleton and Knoll Project community health drop-in.

A Sussex resident was able to receive hospital level care at home using Urgent Community Response (UCR) teams and Virtual Wards.