Five people and groups have been shortlisted for a national award that celebrates local people who, through their dedication, have helped improve health and care for their community.
You may have heard yesterday that up to 270 women in England may have died because they did not receive invitations to a final routine breast cancer screening, the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt says.
We spent five weeks in Pulborough, Petworth and Midhurst in November/December 2017 talking to local residents about their views and experiences accessing health and care services.
Fitzalan Medical Group share the disappointing news that today the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has placed their surgeries in Littlehampton into special measures.
Frances Russell, Healthwatch West Sussex Chair, is talking on air on BBC Radio Sussex at 7.05am tomorrow (Thursday 29) in response to media headlines over local NHS rationing of services (which ran in West Sussex County Times).
There has been national news coverage over the last few day about patient referrals for NHS treatment and Coastal West Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has been named as running a scheme to reduce referrals from GP practices.