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The My Choice booklet is an information resource for people living with dementia. The booklet offers people the information they need to help them live well following a diagnosis of dementia.

In October 2024, Healthwatch in Sussex sought experiences of hospital outpatient appointment letters, which are intended to give you clear information about your appointment and what to expect when you attend.

From May to August 2024, Healthwatch talked to people in Wealden about primary care, social isolation, social determinants of health, and what supports their wellbeing.

Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) are visiting East Sussex to inspect the local arrangements for children and young people with special education needs and disabilities (SEND). The inspectors want to know about the help and support that children and young people with SEND get. You can share your experiences by filling in one of the surveys below.

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 October 2024.

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and NHS Sussex have relaunched a campaign to improve mental wellbeing and raise awareness of self-harm and suicide in older people.

We would like to hear from people who have had experience with adult social care in the last 12 months, or from their relatives, carers or friends, about their experience.

People across Sussex can book their flu and COVID-19 vaccinations as the NHS rolls out additional protection for those most at risk ahead of winter.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has recently launched its 10-Year Health Plan engagement exercise, Change NHS. This consultation aims to co-develop the 10-Year Health Plan with the public, patients, and staff.

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 September 2024.

NHS Sussex would like to know how people living in Sussex currently feel about local NHS health and care services. They want to hear from local people about their confidence and satisfaction in the NHS and where they feel improvements can be made.

We’d like to hear from you, your relatives, carers or friends, about experiences of hospital outpatient appointment letters.