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Spotlight: The Hangleton and Knoll Project
Our Spotlight is an opportunity to share local projects, organisations and events which benefit the community. This month we’re spotlighting… The Hangleton and Knoll Project.
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Make the right healthcare choice for your child this half-term
How to get the best help for your family if you need health services this February half-term.
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From hospital to home: improving patient discharge
Healthwatch England have looked at what people have told them about leaving hospital, and the lessons the NHS can learn to improve the support patients get.
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National HIV Testing Week
National HIV Testing Week is 10th - 16th of February, and calls for regular testing in England for HIV.
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Sussex campaign to encourage people with severe mental illness to have physical health checks
Sussex Health and Care are raising awareness of annual health checks for people with severe mental illness – including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
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Learning mindfulness for wellbeing
Learn ways to improve wellbeing and mental health through mindfulness practices with the Sussex Mindfulness Centre.
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Joint-letter about the dangers of ‘corridor care’
Healthwatch England and a coalition of trade unions, professional bodies, charities and patient groups, call for an end to treating patients in…
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CQC Report: St John Ambulance - South Region, September 2022
Read the latest Care Quality Commission report on St John Ambulance - South Region.
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CQC Report: Arlington House, June 2024
Read the latest Care Quality Commission report on Arlington House.
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Latest reports and publication
Your experiences of NHS Dental services in Brighton & Hove and Sussex-wide
In January 2025, Healthwatch in Sussex sought people's experiences of NHS Dentistry. Hear what local people think now, and how this compares to our data collected in 2023.
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A review of digital access to health and care 2020-2024 - Healthwatch Brighton and Hove
Healthwatch Brighton and Hove developed an interest in digital technology (text, email, going online for appointments) given the dramatic shift to digital GP access since the Covid-19 pandemic.
We know that certain people are less likely to use digital technology and could face disadvantage, for example by being unable to book GP appointments online.
In this review, we summarise 11 projects where we have examined digital technology as a means of accessing and holding appointments with health and care professionals.
We know that certain people are less likely to use digital technology and could face disadvantage, for example by being unable to book GP appointments online.
In this review, we summarise 11 projects where we have examined digital technology as a means of accessing and holding appointments with health and care professionals.
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Insight and intelligence on Children and Young People’s (CYPs) mental health and wellbeing
Healthwatch shared a summary of our intelligence and insight which were incorporated into a paper for members of The Health & Wellbeing Board.
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Vaping and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities: desktop review
Desktop research findings which consolidate information about young people’s experiences of vaping to support our ongoing research.
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