News and reports

Healthwatch Brighton and Hove (HWBH) welcomes the latest Care Quality Commission [CQC] report published today on the Royal Sussex County Hospital [RSCH], and for their sister hospital, the Princess Royal Hospital [PRH] at Haywards Heath.

Healthwatch Brighton and Hove welcomes the latest Care Quality Commission report on the Royal Sussex County Hospital and for their sister hospital, the Princess Royal Hospital at Haywards Heath.  Read more about the improvements that have been identified, and the challenges that still remain.

A year ago the Accessible Information Standard came into force. It requires any organisation providing NHS or social care to communicate in a way that everybody can understand. Here's a reminder of what you should expect.

Independent reports indicate improvements in local NHS provision

The Department of Health (DoH), and Healthwatch England [HWE] have asked local Healthwatch to be involved in Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs)

Our annual report for the period 2016/2017, highlighting the views of the people of Brighton & Hove, and the hard work of our volunteers, staff and board throughout the year.

Healthwatch Brighton and Hove have been alerted to the planned closure of the Ridgeway Surgery in Woodingdean. This will become effective after 31 October 2017.

The Annual Brighton trans and non-binary conference invites trans and non-binary people; researchers; people from the public, community and voluntary sector, and those who want to know more about trans lives and trans issues to the 2017 conference.

Our full report is still to follow but we can share some initial insights.

Every day 9 women in the UK are diagnosed with cervical cancer and 3 women will lose their lives to the disease.

Healthwatch Brighton and Hove have been disappointed to see the Bon Accord Care Home in Hove placed into Special Measures following a Care Quality Commission [CQC] inspection.

Check out these useful tips from Beat for spotting the first signs.