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Tips, advice and guidance on self care, and how to ‘live’ self care for a happier, healthier life

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.

Keeping you up to date with health and social care news

Four doctors’ surgeries in Crawley have produced multilingual videos explaining the importance of social distancing and the Covid-19 support available to patients.

Agenda for the board meeting on Wed 18 November 2020

Here is a summary of the breadth and depth of our work in the last quarter July to September 2020, issues/concerns and our forward plan for the next 3 months.

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.

Young Healthwatch has worked alongside Healthwatch Brighton and Hove to explore young people’s experiences of Sussex health and social care services during the coronavirus pandemic

We explored people’s use and thoughts to inform the future use of digital access for health and care services in Sussex. This is the short, infographic version of the full report.

In October 2020 we had a focused discussion with 14 graduates and 3 youth workers from the National Citizen Service in West Sussex. These are their thoughts and valuable suggestions.

This is Stanley and Barbara's story of their experience of hospital communication and discharge.

Being on the ‘Compass’ means that your child or young person will be part of the Disability Register for West Sussex. This register is held by Amaze, an independent charity based in Brighton.