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'Your Voice Counts: Celebrating 10 years of Healthwatch'

Healthwatch East Sussex Annual Event 2023

In mid-July, Healthwatch East Sussex hosted our 2023 Annual Event at The View Hotel, Eastbourne.

It was great to see so many people in attendance. We were joined by members of the public and our colleagues from statutory and voluntary organisations.

Many thanks to all those who attended, and we hope that you found the event useful and enjoyed it as much as we did.

It was great to be able to share our achievements from the last 10 years and to share our plans for the future, as well as to receive feedback and engage in lively discussions about health and care in East Sussex.

Guest Speakers 

On the day, we heard from 5 speakers from the NHS, local authority, Voluntary sector and Healthwatch England:

  • Sarah Russell – Assistant Director, Adult Social Care & Health, East Sussex County Council
  • Lou Carter – Assistant Director, Communications, Planning & Performance, Children’s Services, East Sussex County Council.
  • Richard Milner – Chief of Staff, East Sussex NHS Healthcare Trust
  • Jennifer Twist – Chief Executive, Care for the Carers
  • Louise Ansari - Chief Executive of Healthwatch England.


If you were not able to attend on the day, you can view the event programme and view copies of the presentations from our speakers here.

Discussion Sessions
Following our speaker presentations, we hosted a breakout session exploring the theme of 'Your Voice Matters'.

Within this session, our groups discussed the following questions:

Q1. How can we ensure public and patient voice is at the heart of local decision-making [in health and care]?
Q2. How well do health and care services ‘listen’ to local people and service users?
Q3. What practical suggestions do you have to encourage and enable people to share their health and care experiences?
Q4. What three issues should HWES prioritise in our work for the next 12 months?

The notes from the breakout discussions are now live on our website, via the link below. 

HWES 2023 Annual Event Report
Feedback on health and care services

Please help improve local services by encouraging your family, friends and colleagues to leave a review of health and care services each and every time they use them via the Healthwatch East Sussex Feedback Centre or by contacting us using the details below. 

If you have any questions regarding our annual event or health and care services in East Sussex, then do please contact us using the details below:

Email: enquiries@healthwatcheastsussex.co.uk

Telephone: 0333 101 4007

Healthwatch East Sussex
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