News and reports

What people told us about health and social care. A review of our insight and evidence in October to December 2019.

Minutes of the Board Meeting held on 13th November 2019

Agenda for the board meeting on 12th February 2020

Our Community Partnerships work has continued to reach people across West Sussex. Read more in this report.

Here is a summary of the breadth and depth of our work in the last quarter October to December 2019, issues/concerns and our forward plan for the next 3 months.

West Sussex Scouts provide opportunities for over 4,000 young people across the diverse communities of West Sussex to develop #skillsforlife.

Healthwatch West Sussex supporting wider engagement to inform the development of the new health hub in rural West Sussex

Listening to and amplifying local voices, with recommendations for change

This policy sets out how the Healthwatch West Sussex Board will meet its legal obligations for conducting its decision making meetings in public and allowing proper access to its policies, procedures, agendas and minutes.

Healthwatch West Sussex board have agreed to adopt a Protocol for working with neighbouring local Healthwatches. This is an expectation of commissioners and part of the good practice identified by Healthwatch England.

The Regulations for local Healthwatch state that each local Healthwatch must have a procedure for making relevant decisions. It also states that members of the public must be able to have access to meetings where these decisions are being made.

This policy aims to outline Healthwatch West Sussex’s commitment to ensuring equality of opportunity and equal treatment for all staff, volunteers and board members