1. Enter and View Report: Preston Park Recovery Centre

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    This report was part of a combination of six reports, by combining all six reports they will create an overall report which will be shared with the council, looking at how people would like to spend their time in our local social care services.

  2. Enter and View Report: Rottingdean Nursing and Care Home

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    This report was part of a combination of six reports, by combining all six reports they will create an overall report which will be shared with the council, looking at how people would like to spend their time in our local social care services.

  3. Case Study: Joint Unannounced Responsive Enter and View activity

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    On Monday January 19th 2015 HWES and B&H undertook unannounced enter and view activity to three wards and the Acute Medical Unit (AMU) simultaneously at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton.

  4. Enter and View Report: Marine View Rest Home

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    This report was part of a combination of six reports, by combining all six reports they will create an overall report which will be shared with the council, looking at how people would like to spend their time in our local social care services.

  5. Enter and View Report: Aspirations Active

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    This report was part of a combination of six reports, by combining all six reports they will create an overall report which will be shared with the council, looking at how people would like to spend their time in our local social care services.

  6. Enter and View Report: Links Road Surgery

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    Healthwatch Brighton and Hove is undertaking a programme of visits to GP Practices across the city during 2015. In total we will visit 15 GP practices, including 3 pilot visits in March 2015.This report on our Links Road surgery is one of our pilot

  7. Enter and View Report: Loxwood House

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    This report was part of a combination of six reports, by combining all six reports they will create an overall report which will be shared with the council, looking at how people would like to spend their time in our local social care services.

  8. Enter and View Report - The Care of Older People in four Wards of the Royal Sussex County Hospital

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    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.

  9. Enter and View Report: Carden Surgery

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    Healthwatch Brighton and Hove is undertaking a programme of visits to GP Practices across the city during 2015. In total we will visit 15 GP practices, including 3 pilot visits in March 2015. This report is based on one of our pilot visits.

  10. Enter and View Report: Albion Street Surgery

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    Healthwatch Brighton and Hove is undertaking a programme of visits to GP Practices across the city during 2015. In total we will visit 15 GP practices, including 3 pilot visits in March 2015. This report is based on one of our pilot visits.

  11. A Stakeholder Evaluation of Healthwatch Brighton and Hove

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    This report gave respondents a chance to review HWB&H performance as well as provide some input into the HWB&H work plan for 2015-16

  12. Healthwatch Brighton and Hove - Annual Report 2015

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    Our Annual Report for the period to March 2015.

  13. 10 top tips to get the most out of your GP appointment

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    We know from our conversations with the public that some patients report feeling rushed during appointments and struggling to make themselves heard. Here are some tips that could help you get the most out of visiting your GP.

  14. MPs demand inquiry into Coperforma debacle

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    Healthwatch has been at the forefront of efforts to monitor the quality of Sussex's Patient Transport Service and improve the standard of the service after problems experienced with Coperforma.

  15. Ardingly Court Surgery, important practice changes

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    The Ardingly Court GP Practice operates over two sites – the city centre site at Ardingly Street and the Whitehawk site at the Wellsbourne Health Centre.

  16. Consultation on prescription changes ('over the counter' products)

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    NHS England has launched a public consultation on proposals to rein in prescriptions for some ‘over the counter’ products such as dandruff shampoo and drops for tired eyes, in order to free-up funding to expand other treatments for major conditions such as cancer and mental health problems.

  17. Survey for NHS patients and carers or family members

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    A new survey for NHS patients and carers or family members is available.

  18. Insight from the GP review

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    Healthwatch visited 29 surgeries in the city as part of the GP review. At each surgery the Healthwatch team observed the patient-friendliness of the environment paying attention to the comfort of the waiting area, appointment call systems, communication with patients, display of information, general hygiene and toilet facilities.

  19. Patient Transport Services 2018 update

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    In our last newsletter we described the further work that Healthwatch would be undertaking to see how Patient Transport Services were performing. During November and December, our Enter and View representatives returned to the Royal Sussex County Hospital to speak to patients who were using the service.

  20. Young people speak up about health and social care

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    Young Healthwatch Brighton and Hove was created in 2017 in partnership with the YMCA Downslink Project, and operates through their 'Right Here' project. 

  21. GP Practice Changes in Brighton and Hove

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    At the start of 2018, we see yet more changes to GP practices in Brighton and Hove. Unlike some previous changes these seem to herald improvements and increases in capacity, helping GP's take on more patients.

  22. Debating the cost of missed appointments

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    Would you be surprised to learn that there are no national figures on how many people miss GP or NHS appointments? 

  23. Young Healthwatch – what matters to you most

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    Young Healthwatch and the 'Right Here' YMCA Downslink Project took part in a flash consultation with the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), to find out what really matters to young people in relation to health and social care.

  24. The latest from the Healthwatch Team

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    Here at Healthwatch we represent the views of the people that use health and social care services in our city. Here is an update on our current projects across a range of services within the sector.