News and reports

If you are aged 75 or over, you are able to get a COVID-19 vaccination this spring with appointments available from April 2025 onwards.

Healthwatch Brighton and Hove conducted a visit to Mill View Hospital which is run by the Sussex Partnership Foundation NHS Trust (SPFT). Four of our trained volunteers conducted these visits.

Our visit to Mill View Hospital was part of PLACE or ‘Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment’. This report provides the volunteer's observations from their visits. PLACE is delivered as a national programme, and all data is collected and formally analysed by NHS Digital. They will publish detailed reports after the programme has ended.

Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month 2025 runs throughout March and calls for widespread awareness of symptoms.

Healthwatch Brighton and Hove ran a survey asking people to share their experiences of seeking advice and/or treatment for earwax issues. These are our findings.

Healthwatch in Sussex want to hear about your experiences of vaccinations in this six-question poll.

18 projects are in the running for the national Healthwatch Impact Award, including Healthwatch Brighton and Hove. The award highlights outstanding examples of where the views and experiences of local people has been used by their local Healthwatch to make care better. The finalist will be announced on 13 March 2025.

This Share for Better Care Week, take three minutes to share your experience of health and social care.

Healthwatch Brighton and Hove respond to the loss of former Director and friend, Sophie Reilly.

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.

How to get the best help for your family if you need health services this February half-term.

In January 2025, Healthwatch in Sussex sought people's experiences of NHS Dentistry. Hear what local people think now, and how this compares to our data collected in 2023.

Healthwatch England have looked at what people have told them about leaving hospital, and the lessons the NHS can learn to improve the support patients get.