News and reports

The NHS in Sussex is expanding access to urgent dental care appointments to improve access to urgent dental services for people without a regular dentist and vulnerable patient groups.

The East Sussex Warm Home Check service provides free impartial energy advice and support and is available all year round.

Healthwatch uses your feedback with health and care decision-makers to seek a positive difference, and this document sets out the issues you raised and any changes you have helped us to deliver during January 2025.

NHS Sussex are transforming the way they provide community mental health support for adults and older adults in Sussex to get the mental health support they need, when they need it. A range of local community services are coming together as Neighbourhood Mental Health Teams across Sussex throughout 2025.

Our host organisation East Sussex Community Voice (ESCV) are seeking an Information and Signposting Advisor to support people with their health and care enquiries as part of our Healthwatch East Sussex programme.

We’d like to hear from you about a family member, person you know, or your experience of accessing Neurodevelopmental Services in the last 12 months.

In December 2024, Healthwatch in Sussex sought experiences of bowel, breast and cervical cancer screening from people across Sussex.

Making a complaint is a right enshrined in the NHS Constitution. Yet, Healthwatch England research found a number of barriers that prevented people from making a complaint about their healthcare.

Between July and September 2024, we asked people to share their experiences of changes in the cost of living and any effects these may have on their wellbeing.

Between July and September 2024, we asked people to share their experiences of changes in the cost of living and any effects these may have on their wellbeing.

The Independent Youth Panel is an online space where young people can access surveys, polls and information, as well as share their own questions and ideas.

In August 2024 Healthwatch East Sussex spoke to a small group of patients who had recently received care from ESHT’s Urgent Community Response (UCR) team. We asked them what they felt worked well with the service, and where they felt improvements could be made.