News and reports

Today, Healthwatch Brighton and Hove launches its report "Accessing dental services under COVID-19".

Accessing dental services under COVID-19: Reviewing Brighton and Hove dental practice websites and out of hours telephone messages.

We have produced a Frequently Asked Questions document which we hope will answer some of your questions about Covid-19 such as symptoms, treatment, self-isolating and links to additional guidance.

Chief Executive, Dame Marianne Griffiths, who leads Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals (BSUH) and Western Sussex Hospitals (WSHT), was named as one of the top five chief executives of the year.

Welcome to our Healthwatch bulletin. This week we have provided an update on the COVID-19 vaccination programme, our regular bulletin on health, social care and COVID and some healthy recipe ideas.

Please join us for the last of our current series of webinars for families and friends of care home residents.

March is Ovarian Cancer Awareness month. In the Surrey and Sussex areas, women are being diagnosed at a much later stage of ovarian cancer compared with national figures. This late-stage diagnosis reduces their chances of survival.

The HOPs project was developed as part of the Healthwatch, Brighton and Hove City Council and NHS response to COVID-19 but is available to Brighton and Hove residents discharged from hospital whatever their condition, COVID related or not.

Welcome to our Healthwatch bulletin. This week we have provided an update on the COVID-19 vaccination programme, a vaccine 'Fact Check' guide, and our regular bulletin on health, social care and COVID.

Anyone can register with a GP surgery. You do not need proof of address, ID, or immigration status to register with a GP practice.

Below, you will find an update on the COVID-19 vaccination programme. 

During Lockdown 2, Healthwatch in Sussex launched a ‘Tell Us – Ask Us’ campaign to encourage and support members of the public to Tell us about their experience of accessing health and care services and to ask us what they needed during this time.