News and reports

This is the first Developmental well-led review of University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (UHSx) and presents a detailed view of improvements made, as well as where the Trust needs to make progress

We are asking the government to review its decision to abolish local independent services that speak up for the public.

Read the latest Care Quality Commission report on Albion Dental Practice.

New community equipment services will be in place from August 2025 onwards, confirms Brighton and Hove, East and West Sussex County Councils, and NHS Sussex Integrated Health and Care Board.

Lend your voice to the General Pharmaceutical Council's panels and inform decisions made about pharmacies across the UK.

Stay up to date by checking your local pharmacy's opening times for the August Bank Holiday.

Apply to join the NHS Kent, Medway and Sussex Public and Patient Advisory Group.

Brighton & Hove's Mental Health Lived Experience Advisory Group are looking for new members.

An independent review of the process to launch a new contract for GP services in the Whitehawk area has been published. As a result of the review's findings, NHS Sussex has announced today that it is stopping the current procurement for a new contract for GP services in the Whitehawk area of Brighton and Hove.

Key information and messages for the public

NHS England has published the long-awaited updates to the Accessible Information Standard.

Local Healthwatch services across England have signed a powerful open letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. We are urging the government to reconsider proposals that would transfer our independent functions, successfully delivered for 13 years, to local authorities and NHS bodies.

The letter, which to date has been signed by 131 Healthwatch Chief Officers/Chairs - representing 86% of the national network - warns that the proposed changes would seriously compromise the independence that makes public feedback effective and trusted.