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On Tuesday 5th March, ten local community organisations came together at the Saltworks Community Hub. -
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The Indian Heritage Cultural Society - Crawley, is a grass-roots community group. With the help of a Healthwatch Community Fund grant, the Society put on a Bollywood style Event on Saturday 23rd February 2019. -
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Parkinson’s UK is a charity that drives better care, treatments and quality of life, as they do not want anyone to face Parkinson’s alone. A local group spoke to Healthwatch about their health and social care experiences. -
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The Phoenix Stroke Club meets in Horsham, to offer socialising and support to people who have suffered a stroke or are living with another neurological disorder. We spoke to members about their health and social care experiences. -
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REAL Patient Group (RPG), which covers Rustington, East Preston, Angmering & Littlehampton, supports patients to discuss matters relating to their GP practice and local healthcare providers that are important to them. -
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Southwater Community Church in the village of Southwater aims to celebrate life, serve the community and change lives. Last Autumn (2018) they ran their free to attend Happiness Course, we went along to listen to the members. -
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The Macular Society is the charity determined to beat the fear and isolation of macular disease with world-class research, and the best advice and support. We went along to speak to group members about their health and social care experiences. -
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CREATE have Built local links within the parishes of Bognor Regis. They use a detached vehicle to visit local parishes to engage the young people of the community in games and activities on green areas. -
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The Friends of Henfield Medical Practice Trust is a Patient Participation Group, originally set up in 1995 by patients for patients. -
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Crawley Town Community Foundation, Move the Goalposts mental health programme at The Triangle Leisure Centre, Burgess Hill. The sessions are held in a relaxed informal environment, where attendees can also spend
time catching up with other attendees -
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The Juno Project empowers teenage girls who have been, or are at risk of being excluded from school, to achieve their goals in spite of their challenges. -
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PMRGCAuk - The Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis UK registered charity was set up to meet the needs of people with these debilitating conditions, along with their friends, family and professionals. -
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Katie Weston advocate for Independent Health Complaints Advocacy Service (IHCAS) has recently been working with three local people to support them to resolve complaints they have with their local GP Practices. -
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If you have been treated poorly by health services, then you have a right to make a complaint. We have created this guide to help you and other people in making a health service complaint. -
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This report is the result of a partnership between 4Sight Vision Support, Healthwatch West Sussex and the University of Chichester. -
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This reports on our Enter and View work carried, as part of our Hospital Visiting Programme -
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Healthwatch West Sussex and Healthwatch East Sussex provided assessors for the annual Patient Led Assessment of the Care Environment Programme (PLACE) for the planned visit to Langley Green Hospital on 21 April. -
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We spoke to people in the hospital’s outpatient and pathology departments, A&E and eye clinic. We captured 13 personal accounts and completed a number of surveys. -
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As part of our programme of engaging with local people, we have a schedule of visits to hospitals across West Sussex. -
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This reports on our Enter and View work carried, as part of our Hospital Visiting Programme -
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As part of our programme of engaging with local people we have a schedule of visits to GP and hospitals across West Sussex. Following the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) inspection and report, we extended an offer of support to the practice. -
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Here is a summary of the breadth and depth of our work in the last quarter (April to June 2019), issues/concerns and our forward plan for the next 3 months. -
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Improving the provision of support for the mental health of local people is a commitment within the NHS Long Term Plan, for children, young people and adults. We were asked to undertake focus groups to gather feedback from people. -
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This reports on our Enter and View work carried, as part of our Hospital Visiting Programme -
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This reports on our partnership engagement with students of Crawley College. -
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Our Financial Report from April to March 2018-19 -
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Minutes of the Board Meeting held on 13th February 2019 -
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Between January to March 2019 our Community Partnership Co-ordinator met with 24 leaders from various community and voluntary sector organisations and Local Authorities. Read more in our report. -
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Agenda for the board meeting on 8th May 2019 -
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Board Performance Report Q4 January - March 2019 -
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What people told us about health and social care. A review of our insight and evidence January - March 2019 -
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What people told us about health and social care. A review of our insight and evidence October - December 2018 -
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Financial Summary for 3rd Quarter of 2018/2019 -
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Performance Report Q3 (October to December 2018) -
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Community Partnerships Overview Oct – Dec 2018 -
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Agenda for the board meeting on the 13th February 2019 -
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There is currently a Sussex-wide review of emotional health and well-being services for young people. -
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Cognitive Stimulation Therapy is an intervention for people with dementia that offers a range of enjoyable, fun, activities providing general stimulation for thinking, concentration and memory, in a small group. -
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Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) including hypermobility spectrum disorder (HSD) is a complex, heritable, connective tissue disease. -
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Read more about Better Breathing, East Grinstead's COPD Support Group. -
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UKHarvest is a not-for-profit perishable food rescue operation that collects quality excess food from commercial outlets and delivers it, direct and free of charge, to charities. -
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The BACPR training programme is designed to provide specialist training for instructors to prescribe and deliver exercise programmes for individuals with heart disease. -
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The CQC report (published 15 August 2019) shows the Trust now rated as 'Good' overall in each of the inspection areas. -
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This reports on our Enter and View work carried, as part of our Hospital Visiting Programme. A team of five Authorised Representatives visited Worthing Hospital on Friday 29 March and St Richard’s Hospital on Friday 26 April 2019. -
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Healthwatch West Sussex is an independent consumer champion for health and social care. We want to ensure that patients understand changes to services. This leaflet aims to give clear information about the new Primary Care Networks ( PCN ) -
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Agenda for the board meeting on 11th September 2019 -
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Minutes of the Board Meeting held on 8th May 2019 -
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During April to June our Community Partnership Lead has been reaching people across West Sussex working collaboratively with Local Authority and community groups. Read more in our report. -
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Our Financial Report from April to June 2019 -
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Watch the latest video explaining what's happening at the moment with the Community Health Hub in Midhurst.