NHS Sussex News

The Post-Covid Assessment and Support Service - also known as PCASS - has helped thousands of people across Sussex who are living with Long Covid.  On this podcast you will learn more about Long Covid. You will also hear from a patient who has been helped by the Post-Covid Assessment and Support Service. 

Community pharmacy plays a vital role in healthcare in Sussex.  We spoke to Ankit Tyagi - a pharmacist in St Leonards-On-Sea, East Sussex. Ankit outlines the types of services your local pharmacist can provide and how they can help you and your family is so many different ways.   

NHS Sussex and University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are formally consulting on plans to improve hospital-based stroke services in West Sussex.  On this podcast you will hear more about the proposals and also from some of the clinicians involved.  

Several GP practices in Sussex are providing medical services to refugees as part of the Resettlement Scheme. As cervical screening is not offered to women in Afghanistan, Bridge Medical Centre in Crawley created an effective communications and engagement plan to inform this population group about the process and the benefits of screening, improve access to services and balance out the health inequalities that exist for Afghan women. Melissa Civale is Nurse Manager at the Bridge Medical Centre. In this podcast she explains how the programme came about and the results that were achieved.   

Allison Cannon is Chief Nursing Officer for NHS Sussex. In this podcast she outlines the options available for accessing services this winter.  Allison also explains what we can do when it comes to helping the NHS at this busy time of year. She also talks about how winter pressures impact on the NHS workforce.  

Lisa Emery is Chief Transformation, Innovation and Digital Officer for NHS Sussex.  In this podcast she explains how the NHS is embracing new digital technology to better serve patients. Lisa also outlines how using this technology can really help reduce pressures on the NHS during the winter months. She also talks about the benefits of using the NHS App as well explaining how virtual wards work.  

East Sussex GP Ragu Rajan outlines some of the measures we can all take to help reduce the pressure on the NHS at this time of year. 

Bert Williams MBE, President and co-founder of Brighton & Hove Black History Month, celebrates the contribution of ethnically diverse communities to our society - including within health and care services.  This podcast also contains NHS Sussex's anti-racism statement.    

Know Your Numbers Week runs until September 11 and is the UK's biggest blood pressure testing and awareness event. Take a listen to this podcast to find out why it's important to identify high blood pressure or hypertension as soon as possible. You can also find out where in Sussex you can get your blood pressure checked. 

Stephen Lightfoot, Chair of NHS Sussex, talks about this new way of working to deliver better health and care across Sussex. Stephen also outlines some of the challenges that need to be overcome. He also tells us what he has heard so far from the ongoing programme of public and online meetings that he's hosting at various Sussex locations. 

Dr Richard Fieldhouse, Clinical Director, West Sussex, explains how our bodies normally work and how we can prevent them overheating during hot weather.   He also talks about the dangers of heat exhaustion and heatstroke. 

Hypertension is also known as high or raised blood pressure. The higher the pressure, the harder the heart must pump. It is a serious medical condition and can increase the risk of heart, brain, kidney, and other diseases. People from the most deprived areas in England are 30% more likely than the least deprived to have high blood pressure which is why it is vital to identify it early in patients to address the health inequalities that exist in some communities in Sussex.  Aware that within the Sussex integrated care system only 64.6% of those estimated to have hypertension had been 'detected', Little Common and Old Town Surgeries in Bexhill-on-Sea joined forces with their local Primary Care Network and public health organisation OneYou East Sussex, to hold a hypertension awareness event led by Dr Phil Stocks. 

The way health and care is managed and delivered to people across Sussex has changed with the launch of a new system that aims to ensure better health and care for all, now and in the future.  Find out more about NHS Sussex and hear about the benefits of this new way of working from Chief Primary Care Officer Amy Galea. 

Hear the latest information about our roadshows and online events which will allow you to find out more about our new Integrated Care System for Sussex that launches 1 July. 

Hear the latest info about our NHS Sussex Roadshows with dates in Bexhill, Crawley, Brighton, Burgess Hill, Newhaven, Portslade, Seaford, Worthing, Rye, Peacehaven, Petworth, Hellingly and Hailsham. 

Hear the latest information about our NHS Sussex Roadshows. 

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Some background to the soon to launch Integrated Care system for Sussex.