News and reports

Welcome to our June 2022 Healthwatch newsletter. This includes information about our work, updates on health, social care and COVID-19.

Our project supported LGBTQ+ people in Brighton and Hove to share their experiences of health and social care services.

Deaf people can now download and use an app to communicate to a BSL interpreter who will then relay the information to emergency services.

This week is Cervical Screening Awareness Week.

Our latest bulletin provides information about the current dental crisis, how Healthwatch is helping, and guidance for patients

From 1 July 2022 the way health and care is arranged in England has changed. A Sussex Health and Care System has been developed to improve how it works for the population and their staff.

Healthwatch in Sussex is working with the provider of non-emergency transport services to host a series of patient forums so that your questions can be answered

Social care support changes people’s lives but sadly, not everyone gets the support they need. We want to understand what life is like when you can’t get support or if the support you get just isn’t enough.

Current hospital backlogs have had a huge impact on patients waiting for treatment. But women, those on a low income or from an ethnic minority background, are more likely to have a worse experience of waiting for care.

Our national director Louise Ansari responds to General Sir Gordon Messenger and Dame Linda Pollard’s review of health and care leadership.

For Volunteers’ Week 2022, we want to say a huge thank you to our hard working, dedicated team of Healthwatch volunteers

A recent BBC article reported Nuffield Trust data showing that Brighton has some of the fewest GPs in England, with just 44 GPs per 100,000 patients