News and reports

Healthwatch Brighton and Hove’s 2017 GP review is published today.

Geoffrey Bowden talks with Caroline Lucas, MP for Brighton Pavilion & Co-leader of the Green Party.

BBC Report out this week concerning public satisfaction with GP services falling to an all time low.

The service is free and available to everyone who is registered with a GP.

Our recent report highlighting the insensitive treatment of vulnerable people in PIP and ESA assessments is covered in local news.

Press release 12.00 Thursday 15th February 2018

Our report highlighting insensitive treatment of vulnerable people in PIP and ESA assessments.

If you use services at Brighton General then we want to hear from you.

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.

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.

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

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.