News and reports

Welcome to our second report which examines the outcomes from the annual Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment programme (PLACE).

Since December 2016, we have worked in partnership with Brighton and Sussex University Hospital Trust to conduct monthly visits across the estate.

Since the coronavirus was recognised as a global pandemic, and particularly since lockdown was announced in England on 23 March, we have been presented with an ever-increasing amount of data describing the impacts of the virus (COVID-19).

Cancer patients and their families had the opportunity to talk to experts about what to expect from cancer services during the pandemic.

"Volunteering at Healthwatch really helped me with my course because it meant that I am able to put real life situations into my academic writing. I can relate it to what I have done which has meant that I understand the theory a lot more."