News and reports

Peter Kyle MP for Hove and Portslade promoting HIV Testing week at the Terrence Higgins Trust with our very own Alan Boyd.

Latest figures from NHS Digital (June 2018) indicate there are fewer GPs serving patients in the city. An equivalent of 128 FTE GPs are serving 317,976 registered patients.

Talk to your teenage child about alcohol, drugs and smoking. Brighton and Hove has some of the highest rates of cannabis use, smoking and alcohol consumption among young people in the country.

Young Healthwatch wanted to know what young people know about the mental health support available in their school, and what were their ideas around what could be improved.

The Coroner's verdict of 'serious failings' at Royal Sussex County led to death of Joan Blaber at Royal Sussex County hospital last year.

Our annual review on how much our work reach the diverse population of Brighton and Hove.

A Public Health England campaign is urging people between the ages of 45 and 65 to have regular "drink-free" days.

This year the launch of our Annual Report was a grand affair

Healthwatch is pleased to welcome Nick Gorvett to the team.

Healthwatch is pleased to welcome Jacqueline Goodchild to the team.

In 2008, on the 60th anniversary of the NHS, with a colleague, a former Director of the Patient’s Association, I researched people’s experiences of health and social care.

In March 2015, Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England announced a major review of maternity services to assess current provision, and how well it met the needs of mothers and babies.