News and reports

From May until July 2022 Healthwatch East Sussex (HWES) volunteers and staff visited nine Memory Moments Cafés, run by Know Dementia across the county.

We listened to people’s experiences of accessing and using health and care services, either as a person experiencing dementia or as a family carer.

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.

We share this information with you and with health and care providers to help develop and improve the services.

Over the last two years, dentistry has consistently been in the top three reasons people in East Sussex leave feedback or make an enquiry with Healthwatch East Sussex.

We have looked back on what people have told us in the 24 Feedback Centre reviews and 214 enquiries to our Information & Signposting service on dentistry received between November 2020 and November 2022, as well as our 2021 dentistry survey and drawn out the key themes and issues in a summary report.

Each month we feedback on the themes and issues people have contacted us about.

We share this information with you and with health and care providers to help develop and improve the services.

Our monthly report provides an overview of the enquiries that we have received via our Information & Signposting service, which includes information on the number of enquiries received, as well as the method of contact, main themes, and location of enquiries.

Each month we feedback on the themes and issues people have contacted us about.

We share this information with you and with Health and Care providers to help develop and improve services.

Our monthly report provides an overview of the enquiries that we have received via our Information & Signposting service, which includes information on the number of enquiries received, as well as the method of contact, main themes, and location of enquiries.

Each month we feedback on the themes and issues people have contacted us about.

We share this information with you and with Health and Care providers to help develop and improve services.

Our monthly report provides an overview of the enquiries that we have received via our Information & Signposting service, as well as the reviews that have been left on our Feedback Centre.

Each month we feedback on the themes and issues people have contacted us about. We share this information with you and with Health and Care providers to help develop and improve services.

Our monthly report provides an overview of the enquiries that we have received via our Information & Signposting service, as well as the reviews that have been left on our Feedback Centre.

Our 2022 Annual Event ‘Health and Social Care in East Sussex: Towards the new normal’ was held at Uckfield Civic Centre in July 2022.

This report provides a brief summary of the event, with a particular focus on the points raised during the table discussions and participant’s consideration of the future of health and care in East Sussex.

During June and July 2022, Healthwatch staff and volunteers undertook engagement ‘roadshows’, attending a number of community events and venues across East Sussex, often alongside our NHS colleagues.

We wanted to identify if health and care services are doing enough to listen to the public and patients, explore how they gather feedback and identify what could be improved so patients feel confident that their issues are heard and acted on. Our report sets out what people told us.

Each month we feedback on the themes and issues people have contacted us about. We share this information with you and with Health and Care providers to help develop and improve services.

What have been your experiences of using NHS 111? We asked the public in East Sussex this question and made visits to NHS 111 call centres to better understand how they operate.

How was your experiencing of accessing GP led services during the pandemic? We asked patients in Sussex this question. Read what you told us, what staff working in GP practices said, and NHS Sussex’s plans for improving access