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This Share for Better Care Week, take three minutes to share your experience of health and social care.

Learn ways to improve wellbeing and mental health through mindfulness practices with the Sussex Mindfulness Centre.

The visit we conducted was in response to a request from the senior management at St Catherine’s Hospice, who reached out to Healthwatch Surrey and Healthwatch West Sussex in 2024 to support their patient and public involvement activities.

In January 2025, Healthwatch in Sussex sought people’s experiences of NHS Dentistry. We previously asked questions about NHS Dentistry in a poll in January 2023 and wanted to see if there had been any changes over the past two years.

National HIV Testing Week is an annual event to promote regular testing in England, particularly among groups most affected by HIV, including gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) and heterosexuals of Black African ethnicity.

Student Volunteering Week is a national celebration for all student volunteers. Read more about the benefits of student volunteering and how you can volunteer with us here.

Time to Talk Day is the nation’s biggest mental health conversation. It’s a day for friends, families, communities and workplaces to come together to talk, listen and change lives.

Read Healthwatch England's response to the plan, which aims to tackle record NHS waiting times and improve people's experience while they wait.

Now’s the time to reflect on your at-home drinking. Call the Shots on Alcohol and make choices that work for you.

Children's Mental Health Week is an annual event dedicated to raising awareness about children and young people's mental health.

Making a complaint is a right enshrined in the NHS Constitution. Yet, Healthwatch research found a number of barriers that prevented people from making a complaint about their healthcare.

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