1. Rural West Sussex Listening Tour Report 2017

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    We spent five weeks in Pulborough, Petworth and Midhurst in November/December 2017 talking to local residents about their views and experiences accessing health and care services. Here's what we found...

  2. Annual Report 2017-2018

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    As last year, we've kept our Annual Report to just 4-pages of insight. We're proud to showcase the busy year we've had and to detail how this is support the improve in local health and care services.

  3. Financial Assessments Report

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    We have come together, to understand what local people, with assessed support and care needs experience, following delivery changes to the way peoples’ contribution towards the cost of their care is worked out.

  4. Tackling Loneliness - A Community Action Plan

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    Royal College of General Practitioners Report

  5. Insight & Evidence Report - January to March 2018

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    Reporting on the experiences shared by local people in West Sussex. January – March 2018

  6. Adult Safeguarding Recommendations Review Briefing

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    This briefing sets out what we are intending to do to follow-up on the previous report, looking at Adult Safeguarding in West Sussex, published in October 2016.

  7. Insight and Evidence Report July - Sept 2018

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    Reporting on the experiences shared by local people in West Sussex
    July - September 2018

  8. Minimum Income Guarantee Feedback

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    Healthwatch Feedback/Observations at the Minimum Income Guarantee Roundtable Consultation held at Aldingbourne Centre on 26 November 2018

  9. Formal feedback on Draft Vision and Strategy for Adult Social Care 2019-2021

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    We are pleased to see that West Sussex County Council are consulting on its draft vision and strategy for Adult Social Care from next year, and for two further years. Here is our formal feedback.

  10. Insight and Evidence Report Oct - Dec 2018

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    A review of our insight and evidence
    October - December 2018

  11. Burgess Hill Listening Tour Report 2018

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    We visited Burgess Hill throughout October and November 2018 to see what locals thought of their health and social care services.

  12. Our Annual Report 2018/2019

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    Download our Annual Report 2018/2019

  13. Our Work Plan for 2019-2020

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    Our work plan details our engagement and priority work and the outcomes it is designed to achieve.

  14. Community Partnerships: COPD Support Group East Grinstead

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    Supporting and working with community groups and clubs to promote a deeper understanding of local health and care needs and experiences

  15. Community Partnerships: Midhurst Foodbank Centre

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    Midhurst Foodbank Centre opened in September 2014 and provides crisis support. We went along to listen to the stories and views that were shared by the local people about their health and social care services.

  16. Spotlight on: Selsey Care Shop

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    Healthwatch West Sussex has had the opportunity to see how the Selsey Care Shop and its supporting groups provide a fantastic example of a community sharing local resources, volunteers and expertise to support its residents.

  17. Spotlight on: Crawley Kashmiri Woman’s Group

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    This Group enables Kashmiri women to come together in respectful fellowship, to share ideas and support, through a common heritage.

  18. Spotlight on: Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) Trust

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    The Multiple System Atrophy Trust is the UK’s leading charity supporting people affected by multiple system atrophy (MSA) – a rare neurological disease with no known cause or cure. We spoke with a support group to hear their stories and experiences.

  19. Spotlight on: Multiple Sclerosis Society

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    In West Sussex, the MS Society are working with Healthwatch West Sussex to find out more about the experiences of people affected by MS and represent their voices to help influence improvements in Health and Social Care in our County.

  20. Spotlight on: Turning Tides

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    Turning Tides offes many services are in Worthing but these also stretch out to include Horsham, Littlehampton and Mid Sussex. We captured the health and social care experiences and views from those who attend the groups.

  21. Spotlight on: Bentswood Community Engagement Event

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    On Tuesday 5th March, ten local community organisations came together at the Saltworks Community Hub.

  22. Spotlight on: Indian Heritage Cultural Society - Crawley

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    The Indian Heritage Cultural Society - Crawley, is a grass-roots community group. With the help of a Healthwatch Community Fund grant, the Society put on a Bollywood style Event on Saturday 23rd February 2019.

  23. Spotlight on: Parkinson’s UK

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    Parkinson’s UK is a charity that drives better care, treatments and quality of life, as they do not want anyone to face Parkinson’s alone. A local group spoke to Healthwatch about their health and social care experiences.

  24. Spotlight on: Phoenix Stroke Club

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    The Phoenix Stroke Club meets in Horsham, to offer socialising and support to people who have suffered a stroke or are living with another neurological disorder. We spoke to members about their health and social care experiences.

  25. Spotlight on: Rustington, East Preston, Angmering, and Littlehampton REAL Patient Group

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    REAL Patient Group (RPG), which covers Rustington, East Preston, Angmering & Littlehampton, supports patients to discuss matters relating to their GP practice and local healthcare providers that are important to them.

  26. Community Partnerships: Southwater Community Church

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    Southwater Community Church in the village of Southwater aims to celebrate life, serve the community and change lives. Last Autumn (2018) they ran their free to attend Happiness Course, we went along to listen to the members.

  27. Community Partnerships: Macular Society

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    The Macular Society is the charity determined to beat the fear and isolation of macular disease with world-class research, and the best advice and support. We went along to speak to group members about their health and social care experiences.

  28. Community Partnerships: CREATE Young People’s Project

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    CREATE have Built local links within the parishes of Bognor Regis. They use a detached vehicle to visit local parishes to engage the young people of the community in games and activities on green areas.

  29. Community Partnerships: Friends of Henfield Medical Practice Trust – Henfield Mental Health and Wellbeing Event

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    The Friends of Henfield Medical Practice Trust is a Patient Participation Group, originally set up in 1995 by patients for patients.

  30. Community Partnerships: Move the Goal Post Project

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    Crawley Town Community Foundation, Move the Goalposts mental health programme at The Triangle Leisure Centre, Burgess Hill. The sessions are held in a relaxed informal environment, where attendees can also spend
    time catching up with other attendees

  31. Community Partnerships: Juno Project

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    The Juno Project empowers teenage girls who have been, or are at risk of being excluded from school, to achieve their goals in spite of their challenges.

  32. Community Partnerships: Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis Support Group

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    PMRGCAuk - The Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis UK registered charity was set up to meet the needs of people with these debilitating conditions, along with their friends, family and professionals.

  33. Eye Clinic Observations

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    This report is the result of a partnership between 4Sight Vision Support, Healthwatch West Sussex and the University of Chichester.

  34. NHS Long Term Plan Engagement - Focusing on Mental Health in West Sussex

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    Improving the provision of support for the mental health of local people is a commitment within the NHS Long Term Plan, for children, young people and adults. We were asked to undertake focus groups to gather feedback from people.

  35. Engaging with Crawley Students

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    This reports on our partnership engagement with students of Crawley College.

  36. Community Partnerships: Cognitive Stimulation Therapy

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    Cognitive Stimulation Therapy is an intervention for people with dementia that offers a range of enjoyable, fun, activities providing general stimulation for thinking, concentration and memory, in a small group.

  37. Spotlight on: Sussex Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and Hypermobility support (SEDS)

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    Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) including hypermobility spectrum disorder (HSD) is a complex, heritable, connective tissue disease.

  38. Spotlight on: Better Breathing

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    Read more about Better Breathing, East Grinstead's COPD Support Group.

  39. Spotlight on: UK Harvest

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    UKHarvest is a not-for-profit perishable food rescue operation that collects quality excess food from commercial outlets and delivers it, direct and free of charge, to charities.

  40. Spotlight on: Westergate Leisure Cardiac Rehabilitation

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    The BACPR training programme is designed to provide specialist training for instructors to prescribe and deliver exercise programmes for individuals with heart disease.

  41. Talking and listening to people in Broadbridge Heath - Listening Tour June 2019

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    We visited Broadbridge Heath, so we can better understand the health and social care changes for local people living in a village/town undergoing significant new housing growth.

  42. Spotlight on: Headway West Sussex

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    Headway West Sussex (HWS) provides support and information to people living with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI), their carer(s) and family no matter how long ago the brain injury was sustained and for as long as needed.

  43. Spotlight on: Pregnancy Options

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    The Pregnancy Options Centre provides free, non-directive counselling and support to women and men, aged 14 upwards, facing unplanned pregnancy or struggling following a pregnancy loss.

  44. Spotlight on: Sussex MS Centre

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    The Sussex MS Centre is based in Southwick. Their vision is to work together to improve the mental and physical health, wellbeing and life chances of people in Sussex living with Multiple Sclerosis.

  45. Making a Difference - Achieving Greater Financial Fairness

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    By working together with community organisations, we were able to understand and report issues people had experienced with the financial assessment process. Read how we followed-up on the recommendations to see how things are changing and improving.

  46. East Grinstead Listening Tour Report 2016

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    Through reshaping the way we work, we aim to deliver a local Healthwatch presence into communities, through Listening and Network Tours. We started in East Grinstead.

  47. Littlehampton Listening Tour Report 2017

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    Listening and understanding how Littlehampton residents experience health and care

  48. Children & Young People with Visual Impairment Mapping Report

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    A report by 4Sight, working with Healthwatch West Sussex and Time Aside Sensory Art.