1. Get your FREE NHS health check

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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.

  2. Learning from voices of experience: Personal health records

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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."

  3. CQC Report on Hove Park Villas Surgery

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    The Care Quality Commission carried out an announced comprehensive inspection of this practice on 9 July 2015.

  4. Brighton & Hove cervical screening rates lowest in south east

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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.

  5. Have you been told you are not eligible for treatment or that treatment is not available near you?

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    Do you feel you have been personally affected by the current rationing of NHS services and treatments?

  6. Significant improvements in The Broadway Surgery

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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.

  7. Don’t let embarrassment prevent you having your cervical screening

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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.

  8. Sneak preview on insights from our GP Patient survey

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    Our full report is still to follow but we can share some initial insights.

  9. Closure of Ridgeway Surgery, Woodingdean

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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.

  10. Healthwatch Brighton and Hove - Annual Report 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.

  11. UPDATE ON CLOSURE OF RIDGEWAY SURGERY

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    Brighton and Hove Clinical commissioning Group has prepared a list of frequently asked questions regarding the closure of the Ridgeway Surgery in Woodingdean. The surgery will close on 31 October 2017.

  12. GP Patient Survey – the story so far

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    GP Patient Survey – 1000 local people speak out about GP services

  13. GP surgeries shutting in Brighton - Healthwatch in The Guardian

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    Why are so many GPs Shutting Up Shop?

  14. GP Patient Survey – now closed

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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.

  15. Rottingdean Surgery Reduced Opening Hours: Q&A

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    In October 2017 NHS Brighton and Hove Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) agreed a temporary reduction in the opening hours at Rottingdean Surgery in Meadow Parade.