News and reports

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.

Made in partnership with the Aldingbourne Trust

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

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.

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

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.