1. Enter & View – Princess Royal Hospital - January 2017

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    As part of our programme of engaging with local people, we have a schedule of visits to hospitals across West Sussex.

  2. Guide to see the Doctor or Nurse - a booklet to support adults with visible and hidden disabilities

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    Use this book to help prepare and familiarise yourself for your visit to the Doctor or Nurse. Booklets created by Thumbs Up World in partnership with Pound Hill and Copthorne Medical Practice. To support adults with visible and hidden disabilities.

  3. Enter & View - Langley Green Hospital - August 2017

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    Healthwatch West Sussex and Healthwatch East Sussex provided assessors for the annual Patient Led Assessment of the Care Environment Programme (PLACE) for the planned visit to Langley Green Hospital on 21 April.

  4. Littlehampton Listening Tour Report 2017

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    Listening and understanding how Littlehampton residents experience health and care

  5. Enter & View - Worthing Hospital - June 2017

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    We spoke to people in the hospital’s outpatient and pathology departments, A&E and eye clinic. We captured 13 personal accounts and completed a number of surveys.

  6. The Accessible Information Standard - What you can expect from services

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    A year ago the Accessible Information Standard came into force. It requires any organisation providing NHS or social care to communicate in a way that everybody can understand. Here's a reminder of what you should expect.

  7. Enter & View - Horsham Hospital - July 2017

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    This reports on our Enter and View work carried, as part of our Hospital Visiting Programme

  8. Enter & View - Rudgwick Medical Centre - August 2017

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    As part of our programme of engaging with local people we have a schedule of visits to GP and hospitals across West Sussex. Following the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) inspection and report, we extended an offer of support to the practice.

  9. What should you expect from home care services?

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    The number of people being cared for in their own homes is increasing but what should you expect from home care services?

  10. Improving Health & Care Services for People with Learning Disabilities

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    Made in partnership with the Aldingbourne Trust

  11. Spotlight on: Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust’s Living Well Programme

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    The Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust’s Living Well Programme is a free 6-week self-management course for adults living with any long-term physical or mental health condition.

  12. Access to GP appointments across Sussex – Public Opinion

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    This Healthwatch in Sussex report assessed people’s views about accessing GP appointments.

  13. Because we all care

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    Are you struggling to access health and care services this winter?

  14. South Downs National Park survey

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    Healthwatch West Sussex are working with the South Downs National Park.

  15. Crawley Library Pop-Up

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  16. Haywards Heath Library Pop-Up

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  17. Southwick Library Pop-Up

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  18. Horsham Library Pop-Up

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  19. Spotlight on: Carers Support West Sussex

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    Carers Support West Sussex offers free support to carers registered with the service.

  20. Rising health and living costs: steps you can take

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    New data from Healthwatch England reveals an increase in people avoiding vital care due to rising costs, and highlights how the cost-of-living crisis is creating barriers to accessing necessary healthcare.

  21. Healthwatch West Sussex Policies

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  22. Urgent and Emergency Care Recovery Plan

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    What to look out for

  23. Heads Up - February 2023

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    Keeping you up to date with health and social care news

  24. Spotlight on: TAC Access

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    TAC Access is a new UK-wide directory of professionals offering services for children and young people.

  25. Improving Lives Together: NHS Sussex's ambition for a healthier future

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    NHS in Sussex sets out strategic and operational priorities.

  26. Healthwatch GP Access Survey 2023

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    Healthwatch in Sussex heard from 851 people across Sussex about their GP access following the COVID crisis. 56% of these people delayed making a GP appointment, even though they needed to do so

  27. Spotlight on: Terry's Place

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    A unique community social care centre in Westhampnett, providing a warm, friendly, safe environment and stimulating activities for older people, their families and carers.

  28. Community Power strengthen our work at Healthwatch West Sussex

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    Healthwatch West Sussex recognises the crucial role that the community and voluntary sector has to play in peoples’ health, care, and wellbeing.

  29. Are you interested in helping the NHS to improve the Outpatient experience?

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    Join the Sussex Outpatient transformation team and other local people to help transform the Outpatient experience.

  30. Swanfield advice and support event

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  31. University Hospital Sussex Trust Membership

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    Support your local hospital and become a trust member for free

  32. Healthwatch teams respond to the Parliamentary Inquiry into dentistry

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    Healthwatch teams in East and West Sussex and Brighton and Hove submitted a joint response to a Parliamentary Inquiry into dentistry. Read our report below.

  33. Head's Up - March 2023

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    Keeping you up to date with health and social care news

  34. Spotlight on: Social Prescribing Link Worker in Horsham

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    Kim Trickey is the Social Link worker and works to support the patients of the Horsham Central Primary Care Network.

  35. Changes to NHS prescription charges

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    Health Ministers have announced that from April, NHS prescription charges will rise.

  36. Community Event at The Kings Leisure Centre

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  37. Living Well with Dementia

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  38. Burgess Hill Library Pop-Up

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  39. Burgess Hill Library Pop-Up

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  40. Crawley Library Pop-Up

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  41. Crawley Library Pop-Up

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  42. People’s Experiences of long COVID in Sussex

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    Long COVID is a legacy of the COVID virus for many people in Sussex, impacting on their day-to-day lives, as well as their physical and mental wellbeing.

  43. How People and Communities Can Work Together With Primary Care

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  44. Head's Up - April 2023

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    Keeping you up to date with health and social care news

  45. Spotlight on Mobility Scooter Safety

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    Free Mobility Scooter Safety sessions

  46. Dentistry - A guide to your rights and accessing the treatment you need

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    This Healthwatch guide provides you with information about seeing a dentist through the NHS, or privately.

  47. Five ways to give feedback to help shape health and care services in West Sussex

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    Share your experiences of local health and care services and make it better for everyone.