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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. -
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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. -
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Reporting on the experiences shared by local people in West Sussex. January – March 2018 -
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Reporting on the experiences shared by local people in West Sussex
July - September 2018 -
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A review of our insight and evidence
October - December 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. -
Advice and Information -
This animation explains how organisations and sectors across West Sussex can use the West Sussex Wellbeing and Resilience Framework to transform the lives of residents. -
News -
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. -
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Local organisations came together to understand and report what local people, with assessed support and care needs, experience following changes to the way peoples’ contribution towards the cost of their care is calculated. -
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New national polling reveals that most people (61%) are confident that the NHS and care services are able to meet any current health needs they may have. -
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With growing pressure on the NHS – an ageing population, more people living with long-term conditions, and lifestyle choices affecting people’s health – changes are needed to make sure everybody gets the support they need. -
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Healthcare in West Sussex will only work if people get to have their say – urges local resident Zea Hudson. -
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Download our Annual Report 2018/2019 -
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Watch the latest video explaining what's happening at the moment with the Community Health Hub in Midhurst. -
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Keeping you up to date with health and social care news -
Advice and Information -
Take a look at our advice article on the organisations and groups that can support you if you’re grieving. -
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Find out more about Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust Carers Health Team, and how they can help you. -
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Keeping you up to date with health and social care news -
Report -
This is our fifth report in this series and covers the insight we've heard from you from 23rd May - 12th June 2020. -
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Keeping you up to date with health and social care news -
Report -
This is an independent case study showing an example of Carers Support West Sussex’s story of adapting during the COVID crisis and what the future holds. -
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Keeping you up to date with health and social care news -
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This is an independent case study showing an example of Age UK West Sussex’s story of adapting during the COVID crisis and what the future holds. -
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Staying connected during the Coronavirus crisis: Webinar for Families and Friends of Care Home Residents -
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Carers Support West Sussex provide unpaid carers with information and guidance along with practical and emotional support, so they feel valued and supported. Read more in our Spotlight report. -
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This is Stanley and Barbara's story of their experience of hospital communication and discharge. -
Response -
Healthwatch England have written to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care expressing concern around the current guidance on visits to care home. Read the letter and the Governments response. -
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Keeping you up to date with health and social care news -
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On Tuesday 10th November nearly 90 people from across Sussex took part in a Healthwatch in Sussex webinar for families and friends of care home residents, where we heard some powerful and emotional stories. -
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This week Healthwatch West Sussex launches the ‘Ask Us – Tell Us’ campaign to encourage local people to ask questions and share feedback on health and care services they use. -
Report -
This is an independent case study showing an example of how the Apuldram Centre in Chichester adapted during the COVID crisis and what the future holds. -
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This is an independent case study showing an example of how PACSO adapted during the COVID crisis and what the future holds. -
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Read our report from the webinar we held with friends and family of care home residents in November. -
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Keeping you up to date with health and social care news -
News -
We are calling on carers to share their experiences to help improve support after a year which has seen enormous challenges for all those working in the health and social care sector, those using services and their loved ones. -
News -
Are you a relative or carer with a loved one in a care home? If so, you are invited to join our online webinar. -
Blog -
Keeping you up to date with health and social care news -
Advice and Information -
Take a look at what the guidance around visiting your loved ones in care homes means in practice. -
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Health and Social Care Updates in West Sussex -
Advice and Information -
Find out how West Sussex Library Service can help you stay in contact with your loved one in a care home. You can also find online singing and reminiscence sessions to watch at home, as well as wellbeing and bereavement support. -
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Thinking ahead to the end of life is a sensitive subject that no one likes to think about. However, the better we plan the more likely we are to have a good send-off. -
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A series of webinar events were organised between September 2020 and March 2021 on behalf of informal carers (families and friends) of care home residents. This is our overarching report from these events. -
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Keeping you up to date with health and social care news -
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Keeping you up to date with health and social care news -
News -
Today, the health and care regulator, the Care Quality Commission, published their annual review of NHS and social care support. Read Healthwatch England response. -
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Here is a summary of the breadth and depth of our work from July to October 2021, issues/concerns and our forward plan for the next 3 months.