Healthwatch bulletin, December 2022

Healthwatch Brighton and Hove December update

Read our December update to find out more about the projects we have been working on.

If you are interested in learning more about our projects, click here to get in touch. 

To read the December update click here

Union urged to clarify that life preserving care will be maintained during strike action

Following reports that life-saving cancer care could be affected by strike action. Healthwatch England has written to the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) to clarify the issue. 

Click here to read the letter to the RCN

Dry January

Dry January …. 31 days alcohol-free, a break and a total reset for the body and mind with Alcohol Change UK.

To read more click here

University Hospital Sussex Trust Membership

Support your local hospital and become a trust member for free.

To read more click here. 

To find out how to join the Trust click here

Surveys about mental health and emotional wellbeing services in Sussex

Sussex Health & Care and Foundations for Our Future are running two surveys assessing child's and young person's mental health and emotional wellbeing services in Sussex.

To take the Parents and Carers or Young People’s Survey click here.

Christmas opening time for community food banks, meals and shops

For information about Christmas opening times for food banks, affordable shops and meals, plus the main advice numbers, please click below. 

Click here 

Help protect yourself and others from coronavirus

• Let fresh air in if you meet indoors. Meeting outdoors is safer
• Wear a face covering in crowded and enclosed spaces where you come into contact with people you don’t normally meet
• Get tested and self-isolate if required
• If you haven’t already, get vaccinated

Click here to read the Government advice