Barrier’s experienced in accessing healthcare and wellbeing services in rural West Sussex.
Part of the Journeys to better health project, was a West Sussex wide survey, to learn about the barriers people experience accessing healthcare and wellbeing services when living in rural areas of West Sussex.
NHS Sussex funded Community Transport Sussex through the Healthcare Inequalities Small Grants Programme 2023/2024. Healthwatch West Sussex supported -free of charge- with tools and reports to evaluate the work.
34 people completed this survey.
Survey feedback
We were told that the main barriers to accessing services were:
- Transport (53%)
- Location of the service (41%)
Responders know how to access community services
- Yes (50%)
- No (32%)
Responders were asked how often they felt lonely, isolated or socially excluded.
- Often 23%
- Hardley ever 15%
- Some of the time 29%
- Never 32%
NHS Sussex feedback
Responders also provided feedback to NHS Sussex of how they could support their needs better and things they need to stop doing.
Report: Barrier’s experienced in accessing healthcare and wellbeing services when living in rural areas of West Sussex
