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Find out what support is available to help you when travelling to your GP, hospital or other NHS services.

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.

The cost of living crisis has put many people under financial strain, and prescription costs are more than some can afford. Find out what help is out there to help you cover the cost of your medication.

Healthwatch East Sussex (HWES) have utilised a team of independent volunteers to review the processes used by East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (ESHT) when they are in receipt of a complaint.

The wait for planned medical care or surgery can be frustrating. That’s why you must get regular and accessible updates while you wait.