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Share your experience of using pharmacy services
Healthwatch routinely carries out short surveys to gather the views of people about health and social care services. This month we’re keen to understand your experiences of using pharmacy services.
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Help shape the future of the NHS
The Government has launched a consultation on the NHS Constitution, which sets out your rights as an NHS patient. Read why it's important to have your say.
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Physical health checks for people with severe mental illness (SMI)
If you have a diagnosis of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and/or experience of psychosis, and you are aged 18 or over, you can benefit from a free annual health check at your GP practice once a year.
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Temporary change to the opening hours at Crawley Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC).
This change has been agreed by to ensure the service can continue to operate safely and deliver high quality care to patients.
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Breast Cancer Screening Survey
We want to understand the reasons’ women do not take up the Breast Cancer Screening invitation to influence a positive change.
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NHS Sussex and Healthwatch announce new role
NHS Sussex and Healthwatch in Sussex announce a new role supporting our strategy for Improving Lives Together
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Deafblind Awareness Week 2024
Deafblind Awareness Week is a key event in our calendar and every year, we strive to help more and more people understand deafblindness and how it…
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Love Your Lungs Week 2024
Love Your Lungs Week aims to raise Awareness of Lung Conditions. Love Your Lungs Week is an initiative started by the British Lung Foundation, now…
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Cervical Screening Awareness Week 2024
Cervical screening is a free health test available on the NHS as part of the national cervical screening programme. It helps prevent cervical cancer…
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Latest reports and publication
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Spotlight report: Community HIV Specialist Service (CHIVSS)
The Community HIV Specialist Service (CHIVSS) offers community nursing and some psychological therapies to people living with HIV, aged 18 and over, in Brighton & Hove and West Sussex.
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Spotlight Report: CLIO3
CLIO3 stands for Council and Local Information Online which is an online, easy to use database commissioned, populated and updated by West Sussex Library Service.
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