NHS West Sussex Health & wellbeing for life

View Board meeting agendas, and papers and dates of future meetings on our Board meetings page.

The NHS West Sussex carbon management plan has been developed to make sure that we are best placed to reduce our impact on climate change up to 2013 – and beyond for successor organisations.

NHS Sussex and West Sussex County Council have developed an integrated plan focused on how services for carers across West Sussex will be further improved and developed.

Coastal West Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group, an emerging clinical commissioning group working with NHS Sussex, has been undertaking, in partnership with local stakeholders including the Public Reference Panel and the Local Involvement Network (LINks) a review of community beds. This included community beds on the following sites;

• Arundel & District
• Bognor War Memorial
• Darlington Court
• Midhurst
• Salvington Lodge
• Zachary Merton.

We know how important community beds are to our patients and the local health economy, so it is vital such a key resource is used wisely and efficiently. As such this review has sought to gather data and develop a shared understanding of the current community bed system.

The Phase 1 Report details the findings to date, and covers issues including estate, workforce, cost and performance. This information will be used, in partnership with local stakeholders, as the project enters Phase 2 and begins developing recommendations for the future use of this importance resource.

The Annual Report of the Director of Public Health and Wellbeing 2011/12:

The Equality and Diversity Annual Report 2011/12 for West Sussex can be found on the NHS Sussex website here.

An assessment has been conducted by the Office for Public Management to ascertain the health and social care needs of gypsies and travellers who live in West Sussex.

Further information and the full report are located on our health professionals section.

The NHS Sussex document sets out a wide range of information about NHS services across Sussex, and will be used during the transition process from PCTs to clinical commissioning groups.

The document includes:

• information on the services provided to the local population, 
• key information on the local population including key population facts and figures, geographical boundaries, assessment of strategic needs, population trends,
• the current focus on quality, finance, performance, capacity, and people,
• and a directory of services and skills such as information sources, and skills available regionally.

Please note that these are large files and may take some time to download:

Read NHS West Sussex's eBulletin.

Since May 2010, all primary care trusts (PCTs) like NHS West Sussex have been required by law to publish a Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) and keep it updated.

The Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment maps the pharmaceutical services available in West Sussex, examines the health and wellbeing needs of people in West Sussex and looks at how providers of pharmaceutical services could contribute to meeting those needs.

Find out more about the West Sussex Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment.
 

View NHS West Sussex's policies and procedures

You can download our Strategic Commissioning Plan – which outlines our vision and strategic goals for 2010-2014 – and our Operating Plan on the Our priorities page.

You can download NHS West Sussex's Emergency Plan, find out more about what we do to plan for emergencies, and find out what you can do in the case of an emergency on our Emergency planning page.

View the High Level Summary and Emerging Issues (2010) briefing below.

Your Guide to Local Health Services in West Sussex aims to tell you more about the healthcare services that are available across the county.

You can also visit the Services section of this website to find out more about what's available locally.