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The Care Quality Commission has just published a report from its inspection at the University of Sussex Health Centre.
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The Care Quality Commission carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Integrated Care 24 Limited – Woodingdean on 12th and 13th July 2016. -
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Perspectives of Renal Outpatient Department patients at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton. -
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A great way to take control of your health and wellbeing is to have a health check. They are FREE for people aged 40 to 74, and people are encouraged to get their health check done every five years. -
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Ingrid Bridle, long-term patient and Chair of her GP Patient Participation Group in Tameside, talks about how online access to GP records benefits her:
“Using my GP records gives me such a wonderful feeling of control over my stuff." -
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The Patient Information Forum has launched a new guide sharing the experiences of people who have first-hand experience of developing or using Personal Health Records. -
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The Care Quality Commission carried out an announced comprehensive inspection of this practice on 9 July 2015. -
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The NHS Blood and Transplant is calling for people to step forward and make a New Years resolution that is worth keeping - give blood or platelets and help save lives! -
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The Care Quality Commission carried out an unannounced inspection at Vallance Residential Care Home on 13 December 2016. -
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The Care Quality Commission carried out an unannounced inspection at Arundel Park Lodge on 29 November 2016. -
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Brighton and Hove has the lowest cervical screening rates in the south east and numbers attending for screening are falling year on year. -
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Do you feel you have been personally affected by the current rationing of NHS services and treatments? -
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Back in February 2016, The Broadway Surgery in Whitehawk Road was rated inadequate and was placed into special measures by the Care Quality Commission. -
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The complexity of the health system in England is holding back progress in meeting the needs of people with HIV, according to a new report from The King’s Fund. -
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Check out these useful tips from Beat for spotting the first signs. -
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Every day 9 women in the UK are diagnosed with cervical cancer and 3 women will lose their lives to the disease. -
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Our full report is still to follow but we can share some initial insights. -
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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. -
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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. -
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The Department of Health (DoH), and Healthwatch England [HWE] have asked local Healthwatch to be involved in Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs) -
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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. -
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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. -
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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. -
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The future of the NHS and social care services are being designed by Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships. There are 44 of these partnerships around the country and ours covers all of Sussex and East Surrey. -
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The financial pressure put upon the NHS can be broken down into an everyday scenario to reflect the realities of what the NHS faces: -
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GP Patient Survey – 1000 local people speak out about GP services -
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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. -
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A report was published today which reflected on the fact that 75% of patients we talked to, across Sussex, are satisfied with the quality of non - emergency Patient Transport Service they received, including 44% who were very satisfied -
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Healthwatch aims to help users of health and social care services have a voice on the quality of their care. In doing so, we are particularly committed to helping disadvantaged communities have a voice. -
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Healthwatch has agreed with the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) that we will re-run the Patient Transport Services (PTS) survey in December 2017. This will certainly keep our Enter and View volunteers busy in the run up to Christmas. -
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Annual Report is published and shows continued improvements achieved across Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals (BSUH) -
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Over the summer Healthwatch Brighton and Hove sought patient’s views regarding their GP practice and the service the practice provides. An impressive 1,486 people had responded to the GP patient survey when it closed earlier this month. -
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National survey shows most children and young people report good experiences of hospital care, but highlights some areas for improvement. -
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Health services are currently experiencing high levels of demand. At the same time staff sickness rates are rising due to COVID-19 cases in the community. On this page you will find information to help you get the care you need -
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Healthwatch England is concerned that coverage in recent days showing the NHS at breaking point will exacerbate already-low public confidence that people can get urgent and emergency care when they need it most. -
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This Healthwatch in Sussex report assessed people’s views about accessing GP appointments. -
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Health and care organisations across Sussex have agreed short and long-term priorities for improvement that will bring about the biggest benefit for local people -
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Members of the Royal College of Nursing and ambulance workers in Sussex will be striking on 6 and 7 February -
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Healthwatch England has written a letter to NHS England to express our disappointment at the lack of progress in reviewing the legally-binding Accessible Information Standard. -
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Patient services will be moving into the new Louisa Martindale Building at the Royal Sussex County Hospital throughout April. -
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Healthwatch in Sussex heard from 851 people across Sussex about their GP access following the COVID crisis. 56% of these people delayed making a GP appointment, even though they needed to do so. -
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Join the Sussex Outpatient transformation team and other local people to help transform the Outpatient experience. -
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Clear, understandable information is important to help you make decisions about your healthcare. It is feedback from people like Karl that inspired Healthwatch England to launch the Your Care, Your Way campaign last year. -
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Support your local hospital and become a trust member for free -
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We have produced a report summarising the key areas of investigation undertaken by Healthwatch over the last 5 years in respect of GP services> read this below -
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Advice for patients during the strike by Junior Doctors which is taking place from 7am Monday 13th to 7am Thursday 16th March -
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You may be able to save money by purchasing an NHS Prescription Prepayment Certificate. -
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March is Ovarian and Prostate Cancer Awareness month. -
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Emergency care in Brighton is set for a £48m overhaul, delivering better and more effective care for patients.