News and reports

Fitzalan Medical Group share the disappointing news that today the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has placed their surgeries in Littlehampton into special measures.

Frances Russell, Healthwatch West Sussex Chair, is talking on air on BBC Radio Sussex at 7.05am tomorrow (Thursday 29) in response to media headlines over local NHS rationing of services (which ran in West Sussex County Times).

Did you know that around 70% of people who visit their GP have an underlining issue which isn't necessarily medical?

This report details what patients and visitors told us about their experience at Bognor War Memorial Hospital and what we observed during our visit on 25 January 2018.

This report summarises observations from our  people with lived experience team, which are informing the future development of Pathfinder West Sussex's approach to involving local people and communities.

There has been national news coverage over the last few day about patient referrals for NHS treatment and Coastal West Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has been named as running a scheme to reduce referrals from GP practices.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have just published a report showing most woman are having a positive experience in their maternity care and treatment within the NHS, according to a survey of more than 18,000 people in England.

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded Good by CQC, with an Outstanding for Caring.

Sussex Healthwatch were commissioned to hear the views of under-represented communities in Sussex on how they would like 111 and out-of-hours services to be delivered going forward. This report shows what local people said.

Over 500,000 more patients in Sussex will soon benefit from having a Clinical Pharmacist at their GP, who can give expert advice on routine medication and treatment.

This report details the experiences of the practice's patients and visitors as shared with us during our visit in September 2017 and our authorised representatives' observations.

Whilst we recognise that practices will have to close or merge due to the lack of GPs, we believe patients could be better supported during this time. Therefore, we have created the following checklist for CCGs and Practices to use in this situation.