1. Student Voluteering week 2020

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    Student Volunteering Week runs from the 10-16 February 2020.  The aim of the week is to celebrate student volunteers, and further promote volunteering opportunities in the local community.

  2. Covid-19: Vulnerable people - request help for yourself or someone else

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    How to request help online if you need it

  3. Press release: Covid-19 - Healthwatch publishes essential updates on health and social care services

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    Covid-19: Healthwatch publishes essential updates on health and social care services

  4. A massive thank you to all of our amazing volunteers

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    Volunteers’ Week is an annual celebration of the contribution people make across the UK through volunteering.

  5. COVID-19 – helping informal carers understand what to expect

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    COVID-19 – helping informal carers understand what to expect if someone they are looking after needs to go into hospital or a home

  6. Patient Feedback Systems for Health & Social Care Services: Healthwatch Briefing Paper

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    Over the summer of 2019, Healthwatch Brighton & Hove conducted research to gain a better insight into information that is available to people who are looking to make a complaint, raise a concern or provide feedback about health & social care services

  7. Cancer Webinar: Key Themes & Q&A - 11th June 2020

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    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.

  8. Healthwatch Brighton and Hove - Annual Report 2020

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    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.

  9. Meet our volunteer - Mazzie

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    "Since joining, I have had the privilege of meeting a wide range of people who rely on social care. Meeting people in their own homes has blown away any preconceptions and given me a whole new perspective of 'old' and 'vulnerable'."

  10. COVID-19 Third Phase Response: What have NHS services been told?

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    Find out what NHS services have been told about returning services to near pre-COVID-19 levels, preparing for winter and locking in the benefits that the response to COVID-19 has resulted in.

  11. Healthwatch in Sussex: Restoration and Recovery Programme

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    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).

  12. Launch of Healthwatch in Sussex survey on Patient Transport Services

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    Healthwatch in Sussex today launches a new patient survey. We want to hear from people about their experiences of using Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services. Their ideas will help inform the commissioning of a future service.

  13. Healthwatch Bulletin - Health, Social Care and COVID-19

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    Welcome to another Healthwatch Health, Social Care and COVID-19 Bulletin for the 18th September 2020

  14. “A good send off?” A new Healthwatch report into End of Life care

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    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.

  15. Make sure to get your free flu jab

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    The NHS in the Sussex is reminding people with that this year it’s more important than ever for them to have their free flu vaccination.

  16. An important message from Alistair Hill, Director of Public Health for our city concerning COVID-19 cases

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    Brighton's alert level has increased from yellow to amber

  17. Accessing health and care services – findings during the Coronavirus pandemic: Executive summary and Full report

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    We have today released a final report from the Healthwatch in Sussex public survey on digital consultations, combined with results from the Sussex NHS Commissioners’ survey on NHS communications with patients (where comparable questions were used).

  18. Healthwatch Bulletin - Health, Social Care and COVID-19

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    Welcome to another Healthwatch Health, Social Care and COVID-19 Bulletin for the 16th October 2020

  19. The Big Debate

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    In response to the disproportionate of COVID-19 on ethnic minorities, the CCG are working with Diversity Resource International to host a series of webinars.

  20. Why you should join our Care Home Webinar

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    Les discusses with Michelle as to why you should come and join the webinar on Tuesday 10th November.

  21. COVID - 19 Update 30th October 2020

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    The current alert level in Brighton & Hove is MEDIUM. We are at a tipping point, but we can turn this around if we all play our part. Cases are rising among adults of all ages, not just young people, and students.

  22. Young People's Preferences Towards the Future of Health and Social Care Services in Sussex - Findings during the Coronavirus Pandemic

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    Young Healthwatch has worked alongside Healthwatch Brighton and Hove to explore young people’s
    experiences of Sussex health and social care services during the coronavirus pandemic (including phone,
    video and online appointments).

  23. Accessing health and care services - Interviews with 104 respondents - full report 19Nov2020

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    This report outlines conversations with a sample of people who completed the ‘Accessing health and care services: findings during the Coronavirus pandemic’ survey. The interviews provided opportunity for people to talk more about their experiences.

  24. Healthwatch Bulletin - Health, Social Care and COVID-19

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    Welcome to another Healthwatch Health, Social Care, and COVID-19 Bulletin for the 4th December 2020