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Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust is pleased to be able to offer a dedicated ‘Quiet COVID-19 Vaccination Session’ for people requiring their first dose COVID vaccination. -
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Welcome to our Healthwatch bulletin. This includes an update on the COVID-19 vaccination programme and our regular bulletin on health, social care and COVID data. -
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Healthwatch Brighton and Hove is working in partnership with Switchboard to deliver this project. The purpose of this survey is to understand LGBTQ+ people’s experiences of services such as GP surgeries, hospitals, and to improve feedback systems. -
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Have you ever had or are you currently experiencing mental health issues? Does this apply to a friend or family member? We would like to hear about any mental health support including in your accommodation. -
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We release our Annual Report covering the period to March 2022, which highlights the work and achievements over the past year. -
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Help individuals with a learning disability stay well this winter -
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Brighton & Hove SEND Ofsted Inspection -
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Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) published an inspection report and say ‘most children and young people’s needs are identified accurately and assessed in a timely and effective way right from the start’. -
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Brighton & Hove City Council want to find out how they can improve services for autistic people in the city. -
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In their 2022-23 annual report, Healthwatch England shares the value that the public's voices bring to health and social care services. Read about their work and the next steps they plan to take. They refer to the work undertaken by Healthwatch in Brighton and Hove (on GPs) and Healthwatch in Sussex (on dentistry). -
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Public satisfaction with the NHS has fallen to the lowest level ever recorded, according to analysis of the latest British Social Attitudes Survey. -
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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. -
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Healthwatch England recently celebrated the award of £500,000 in funding to promote public and patient engagement around the NHS Long Term Plan. -
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Read our new report on how Brighton and Hove’s Equipment and Adaptations Service has helped people with disabilities live independently at home. -
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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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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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Perspectives of Renal Outpatient Department patients at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton. -
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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. -
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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. -
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Healthwatch England have been given £500,000 in relation to the NHS Long Term Plan, to promote engagement with the public, patients and NHS and Social Care staff. -
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SECAmb ambulance service has announced plans to move its operations centre into a new building in Crawley in May. -
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Healthwatch aims to help users of health and social care services have a say about the quality of their care. In doing so, we are particularly committed to helping disadvantaged communities have a voice. -
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A new survey for NHS patients and carers or family members is available. -
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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. -
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If you use services at Brighton General then we want to hear from you. -
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Have your say in how Brighton General Community Health Hub is created at the site of Brighton General Hospital on Elm Grove. -
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The Minor Injuries Unit (MIU) at Lewes Victoria Hospital is to undergo major improvement works. -
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Warmdene Couty Oak Medical Centre Update -
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New organ opt out system in England starts on 20 May 2020 -
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Since the pandemic there have been many concerns around getting cancer treatment and support. Healthwatch Sussex heard from cancer experts about their latest advice. Read more to find out what they said. -
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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 -
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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. -
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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. -
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"While retired I really wanted a volunteer role that would allow enable me to use my knowledge and experiences, but also act on behalf of patients." -
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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. -
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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). -
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Our Annual Report for the period to March 2015. -
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Our Annual Report for the period to March 2016. -
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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. -
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Since the coronavirus was recognised as a global pandemic, and particularly since lockdown was announced in England on 23 March, we have been presented with an ever-increasing amount of data describing the impacts of the virus (COVID-19). -
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Are you a young person aged 17-24 from a Black, Asian or Ethnic Minority background? -
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In 2019 Healthwatch visited 20 care homes across Brighton and Hove. We spoke to care staff and to residents. We wanted to know how staff assessed residents for oral health. -
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The NHS formally announced their 10 year plan. -
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Latest figures from NHS Digital (June 2018) indicate there are fewer GPs serving patients in the city. An equivalent of 128 FTE GPs are serving 317,976 registered patients. -
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Do The Emergency Departments at the Royal Sussex County Hospital Meet Patient Needs? -
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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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Independent reports indicate improvements in local NHS provision -
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A report on the Patient Transport Services prepared for the council's Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee.