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Listening to and amplifying local voices, with recommendations for change -
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Hospitals need to do more to show patients how the NHS is learning from mistakes. Read Healthwatch England's latest report to find out more. -
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When the NHS Long Term Plan was published in January 2019 we were asked by NHS England to engage people across the country about how people wanted the priorities to be implemented locally. Here's what over 40,000 people told us. -
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We have designed a new 'business card', to keep you understand whether you need Pharmacy, NHS 111 or 999 emergency help. -
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What we've heard from you - insight from 15th March - 10th April 2020 -
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What we've heard from you - insight from 11th - 24th April 2020 -
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If you have cancer, it’s understandable you might feel anxious about COVID-19. The Government and the NHS have both confirmed that cancer treatment should continue to be prioritised as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. -
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What we've heard from you - insight from 25th April - 8th May -
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What we've heard from you - insight from 9-22 May 2020 -
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In these challenging times, this is an opportunity for anyone with concerns about cancer services, to access advice from experts. This includes but is not limited to cancer patients and those that care for friends and family with cancer. -
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Healthwatch held a webinar about Cancer services during COVID-19 on Thursday 11th June at 5pm. Watch the full recording of the video here. -
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You are invited to enter a prize draw to win one of five £25 Amazon vouchers for taking part. -
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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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Healthwatch West Sussex contributes feedback to the HSCSC's inquiry on 'Delivering Core NHS and Care Services during the Pandemic and Beyond' -
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Healthwatch in Sussex responded to patient concerns about cancer services in Sussex. A webinar was coordinated between three local Healthwatch with the help of Sussex Health and Care Partnership. Read the full report and Q&A report here. -
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Our Annual Report: Guided by You, highlights our work, what we've achieved and our plans for next year -
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During the pandemic Community Transport Sussex (CTS) has had to switch its focus from taking potentially isolated people out and about, to getting essential things to those people. Find out more about CTS here. -
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Giving feedback, both good and bad, can help improve services. #BecauseWeAllCare -
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This is our sixth report in this series and covers the insight we've heard from you from 13th June - 12th July 2020. -
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The usual processes the NHS follows to discharge you from hospital have changed during the coronavirus pandemic. Here’s what you can expect when it’s time to leave hospital. -
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Interim findings from the Healthwatch in Sussex and Sussex NHS Commissioners’ Digital Engagement Survey 2020: Preferences towards the future of health and social care services in Sussex -
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Healthwatch in Sussex want to hear from people about their experiences of using Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services. Your ideas will help inform the commissioning of a future service. -
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Organ donation means giving part of your body to someone else who needs it. This amazingly generous act saves thousands of lives in the UK every year. -
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Keeping you up to date with health and social care news -
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Healthwatch, together with other organisations, are taking part in ambulance trust-led discussions looking at how to overcome the communication challenges staff, patients, their family and friends and carers face because of wearing PPE. -
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From today the NHS 111 service in Kent, Medway and Sussex is being enhanced and it can now offer access to a wider range of health care professionals. -
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This is an independent case study showing an example of The Olive Tree’s story of adapting during the COVID crisis and what the future holds. -
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This is an independent case study showing an example of Cancer United’s story of adapting during the COVID crisis and what the future holds. -
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This is an independent case study showing an example of Friends of Chichester Hospitals story of adapting during the COVID crisis and what the future holds. -
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This is an independent case study showing an example of Community Transport Sussex’s story of adapting during the COVID crisis and what the future holds. -
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Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WSHT) and Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust (BSUH) are proposing to become one trust in April 2021. -
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A case study showing a day in the life of a patient at St Richard's Hospital, Chichester. -
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Patients felt unready to leave hospital and missed out on vital follow-up visits and assessments according to new Healthwatch and British Red Cross research into hospital discharge arrangements during the first five months of the coronavirus pandemic -
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This is Stanley and Barbara's story of their experience of hospital communication and discharge. -
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We are calling on people over 55 to share their experiences to help improve support after research indicates that they are the least likely to believe care has improved during the COVID-19 pandemic. -
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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. -
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If you need medical help you should still contact your GP practice, use NHS 111 online or call 111. If you are told to go to hospital it is important that you go to hospital.