1. Report -

    This year's Annual Report, showcasing the views of the people of Brighton & Hove, and the hard work of our volunteers, staff and board throughout the year.
  2. Report -

    The experiences of older people being discharged from the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, from July to September 2018.
  3. Report -

    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.
  4. Report -

    Our latest report on non-emergency Patient Transport Services services across Sussex, since South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust took over the contract in April 2017.
  5. Report -

    Perspectives of Renal Outpatient Department patients at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton.
  6. Report -

    Our latest report indicates that patient satisfaction with Patient Transport Services has finally started to improve.
  7. Report -

    We carried out two reviews of the Emergency Departments at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, looking at the patient experience for both adults and children.
  8. Report -

    Young people’s experiences of using the accident and emergency services in Brighton and Hove during a mental health crisis.

  9. Report -

    Our first annual report summarising the findings of our environmental audits of the Brighton and Sussex University Hospital Trust estate, which includes the Royal Sussex County and Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospitals.
  10. Report -

    Our Annual Report 2018, highlighting the views of the people of Brighton & Hove, and the hard work of our volunteers, staff and board throughout the year.
  11. Report -

    Our latest Intelligence review, examining current health trends in Brighton and Hove to identify key issues and inform our workplan.
  12. Report -

    Healthwatch in Sussex - a collaboration between local Healthwatch from Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, and West Sussex - arranged for cancer patients and their families to have their questions answered by three cancer experts.
  13. Report -

    Working closely with the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and local NHS Trust, we launched an outpatients’ booking survey in January 2020.
  14. Report -

    Our Annual Report for the period to March 2020, highlighting the work and achievements over the past year, which includes the impact Coronavirus and COVID-19 has had on our organisation.
  15. Report -

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

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

    We have today released an interim report from the Healthwatch in Sussex public survey on digital consultations, combined with results from the Sussex CCG‘s survey on NHS communications with patients (where comparable questions were used).
  18. Report -

    Our Annual Report for the period to March 2015.
  19. Report -

    Our Annual Report for the period to March 2016.
  20. Report -

    In October 2013 Healthwatch Brighton and Hove completed a report on patient experiences of urgent healthcare in the city
  21. Report -

    Healthwatch Brighton and Hove conducted a survey of urgent care services in the area, which included pharmacy, GP Surgeries, Brighton Station Health Centre, GP Out of Hours Service, NHS 111, Emergency Dental Service, Accident & Emergency
  22. Report -

    Physiotherapy is a type of therapy that can help ill, injured or disabled people recover movement and function to their full potential. Healthwatch has surveyed 86 people in Brighton and Hove who recently or current receive physiotherapy locally
  23. Report -

    Healthwatch Brighton and Hove decided to take a practical look at how GP surgeries were giving their out of hours information. On the back of the recommendations laid out in the report about urgent care in the city.
  24. Report -

    Healthwatch looked into this data that suggested people were being discharged in a rushed and in some cases incomplete manner from the Royal Sussex County Hospital
  25. Report -

    This was a follow up report to the report that was done last year regarding urgent care in the city
  26. Report -

    The purpose of this report was to look at the following themes: quality of care, access to information, and staff attitudes, in four older people’s wards at Royal Sussex County Hospital.
  27. Report -

    This project was prompted by the Care Quality Commission visits to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in 2014 and 2015. The purpose of this report is to offer the Brighton and Sussex University Hospital Trust and the CQC a lay view
  28. Report -

    In June 2016 Healthwatch Brighton and Hove agreed with the Chief Executive Officer of the Brighton and Sussex University Hospital Trust (BSUH) to conduct a review of some of the outpatient departments (OPD) at the Royal Sussex County Hospital
  29. Report -

    Today Healthwatch Brighton and Hove publish a report into the experiences of people receiving end of life care. 15 people and their families told Healthwatch about their experiences in and out of hospital.
  30. Report -

    The Hospital Discharge Wellbeing Project (HOPS) project started early in April 2020 as part of the response to COVID-19. We report here on the 5 months from April to Sept 2020.
  31. Report -

    Read our report from the webinar we held with friends and family of care home residents in November.
  32. Report -

    This reports looks at the different definitions of digital exclusion, why people are digitally excluded, why is it important, and its extent nationally and locally. It also looks at local efforts to increase digital inclusion.
  33. Report -

    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.
  34. Report -

    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.
  35. Report -

    This report describes Healthwatch Brighton and Hove activities from July 2020 to February 2021.
  36. Report -

    We have published this follow on report to “A Good Send-Off” - a study which explored the experiences of people receiving end of life care.
  37. Report -

    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.
  38. Report -

    Our Annual Report for the period to March 2021, highlighting the work and achievements over the past year, which includes our response to COVID-19.
  39. Report -

    Our latest report highlights the views of service users and prescribers, of Brighton & Hove's Equipment and Adaptations Service.
  40. Report -

    Our latest report on the HOPs project, which was started as part of the city's COVID-19 response - a collaboration between us, the council and the hospital trust.

  41. Report -

    Our attached report details examples of patient experiences of using the A&E department at our local hospital- both positive and where there are lessons to be learnt.
  42. Report -

    We release our Annual Report covering the period to March 2022, which highlights the work and achievements over the past year.
  43. Report -

    This document provides a summary of the public enquiries we received between April to June 2022.
  44. Report -

    Healthwatch volunteers undertook an Enter and View visit to two wards at the Royal Sussex County Hospital - read about what they found and our recommendations
  45. Report -

    Healthwatch England's latest findings reveal what people have been telling them about their experience of urgent and emergency care services.
  46. Report -

    In September, Healthwatch Brighton and Hove conducted visits to two sites run by the Sussex Partnership Foundation NHS Trust (SPFT). Six of our trained volunteers and one staff member conducted these visits. Read what we found
  47. Report -

    Our Annual Performance Report demonstrates what we have achieved between 1st April 2022 and 31st March 2023.
  48. Report -

    Healthwatch Brighton & Hove undertook an Enter and View visit to the maternity ward at the Royal Sussex County Hospital - read about what they found and our recommendations.
  49. Report -

    Healthwatch, along with other organisations, were recently invited to attend an Emergency Department (ED) redevelopment stakeholder and engagement session held at the Royal
    Sussex County Hospital.
  50. Report -

    At the Brunswick Square festival, Healthwatch Brighton and Hove ran a stall to raise awareness of our organisation and to hear people’s views and experiences of health and social care in the City.