News and reports

The Healthwatch team have had a busy time over the first few months of 2018. As Spring approaches, staff have been bringing together new reports, sharing results and recommendations from large-scale projects and embarking on new programmes.

In March and April, hospitals in our city will undergo an independent review. These reviews are called Patient Led Assessments of the Care Environment, or PLACE.

“Vulnerable adults badly let down by benefits assessments" - 0ur in-depth report highlights how local benefits assessments fail to meet the needs of local people.

Brighton & Hove and East Sussex are developing a joint strategy to create an enhanced and coordinated response to various aspects of abuse.

Our recent report on the Patient Transport Services was submitted to the council's Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee

Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STP) have been established all over England.  They involve the NHS and local councils developing and implementing shared proposals to improve health and care.

Healthwatch has monitored with concern the falling number of GPs in Brighton and Hove in recent years.

In March, our Board Chair, Fran McCabe attended the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women’s Health Conference at the House of Commons.

A report on the Patient Transport Services prepared for the council's Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

From 1st April the service will operate as two separate practices, Ardingly Court and the Wellsbourne Centre in Whitehawk.

Geoffrey Bowden interviews James Bayliss who works for Young Healthwatch and YMCA talks about the relationships between these organisations and Healthwatch

The Royal Sussex Hospital have advised that they are dealing with a "critical incident" meaning the hospital is at capacity (i.e. all of its beds are occupied).