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The NHS in Sussex is calling on the public’s support to help ensure emergency care is available for those in most need as consultants and junior doctors strike together. The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced consultants and junior doctors will take part in joint strike action from 7am, Monday, 2 October to 7am, Thursday, 5 October.

Last year Healthwatch East Sussex hosted the Eastbourne Listening Tour between the 15th and the 30th of October 2022. During the tour we gathered the views and experiences of Eastbourne residents to help decision makers improve local health and care services.

The 9th to the 15th October 2023 is Baby Loss Awareness Week, a globally recognised event that provides an opportunity to come together as a community and give anyone touched by pregnancy and baby loss a safe and supportive space to share their experiences and feel that they are not alone.

On Wednesday 8th November the 2nd annual East Sussex VCSE Conference will be held at The View Hotel Eastbourne.

We regularly review the experiences you told us through public events, surveys, Feedback Centre and Information & Signposting enquiries.

Healthwatch uses your feedback with health and care decision-makers to seek a positive difference, and this document sets out the changes you have helped us to deliver during August 2023.

Do you have experience of accessing women’s healthcare services in Sussex?

People urged to support the NHS over the coming weeks as it braces for latest industrial action. Junior doctors and consultants in England are taking joint strike action for the first time in the coming weeks.

Shingles is an infection that causes a painful rash. More information on Shingles is available from the NHS here. 

Today (13th September) is World Sepsis Day, a global day of raising awareness about Sepsis across the world.

The Healthwatch East Sussex Information and Signposting (I&S) Service helps people to access the right health or social care service or organisation for their needs. Each month we feedback on the themes and issues people have contacted us about.

NHS Sussex would like to understand the views and experiences of local people who have accessed social prescribing.

NHS England is moving forward the timetable for the autumn COVID-19 and flu vaccine rollouts. From Monday 11th September, thousands of eligible people across Sussex will be offered a COVID vaccination in line with the latest expert guidance on the new COVID variant.