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Our people and communities across Sussex are at the heart of the NHS; we want to hear from and involve as many people as possible to help us plan and shape health and care services.

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Our people and communities across Sussex are at the heart of the NHS; we want to hear from and involve as many people as possible to help us plan and shape health and care services.

There is a history of strong public involvement across Sussex, and many established networks and methods to reach and hear from our population.

How you can get involved

You can also submit a petition, make a Freedom of Information request, or complain about local services.

If you would like to be involved, but cannot see the right opportunity, if you would like to tell us about your experience of care or have suggestions for change, you can:

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We want to hear from and involve as many people as possible to help us plan and shape health and care services in Sussex

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People Participation          Team Padlet Index

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People Participation          Team Padlet Index

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Page 1 Participation Information
Page 2 Participation Opportunities

Page 3 Participation Workshop
Page 4 Peer Support
Page 5 Sussex Recovery College
Page 6 Sussex Health Care Partnership
Page 7 Arts & Health - Make Your Mark
Page 8 My Miniature Art Gallery
Page 9 Participation Networks
Page 10 Brighton & Hove - Working Together Group
Page 11 West Sussex - Working Together Groups
Page 12 Trust Membership
Page 13 NHS Sussex Digital First
Page 14 Cost Of Living Support
Page 15 Neurodevelopmental Participation

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Transforming Community Mental Health Services newsletter

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Transforming Community Mental Health Services newsletter

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Transforming Community Mental Health Newsletter. Issue 3. Jan 2022

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https://padlet.com/louisepatmore/5j3u0fb0thjkpd6q

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Quality improvement / organisational development

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Quality improvement / organisational development

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one of the ways to get real "doing with" coproduction is to use quality improvement (QI) and OD methods. these can really help you work with people from different areas of the system in partnership working as well as coproduction. why not take a look at the training that is quite quick to give you an overview of QI and some methods that are helpful. https://improvementacademy.org/our-training/bronze-quality-improvement-training.html

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Quality Improvement Training - Bronze - Improvement Academy

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In 2013 the Improvement Academy developed Bronze level Quality Improvement training which included a broad spectrum of foundation knowledge around the concepts of quality improvement, the Model for Improvement and some detailed descriptions of tools for improvement and how they can be used.

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Take a look at our national vision for community services. Sussex are working hard to get us on this track with many projects and prototypes of meaningful change. what have you noticed?

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The NHS Community Mental Health Transformation

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A deep dive is where we "shine a light on" or focus on a particular workstream and ask them to let us know what they are doing in co-production our community workstream are doing a lot of things and the programme lead came to talk to us about that this week

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Every two months we take a look at the workstream updates within our reporting systems to take a look at what is happening this is not all that is happening across our organisations but a snapshot of highlights.

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(2) Participation highlights sept 21 suceg v5 (002)

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Participation has three types of ways we get information. we often do "consultation" we have an idea and we ask what people think and we might make adjustments to our plans about it.

Coproduction takes this a step further in that we get  people with lived experience to be alongside other decision makers to create something together. sometimes we might have a focus group or have experts by experience or community ambassadors in places where they can share the power in the room and have an equal place at the table. We have a participation team that helps us with this with Sussex partnership and community ambassadors with the Commissioners. we also have a lot of feedback that comes from  our voluntary sector and third sector partners. we need to be able to make that stronger.

sometimes, this happens at a national level and local to make sure that we can make the transformation program take shape with proper input

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Having people link our services from a variety of places means that we need to make sure that we are really looking after people properly. we have signed up to a set of principles that have been created by a service user led organisation called the National service user network.

1. please find out more here

So we are trying to make sure that the way in which we are looking after people is right and our environments become more accessible for service users and carers to be.

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nominated for a national award our local YMCA have been busy alongside Sussex partnership developing services for young people with young people. designing websites and videos as well as directly inputting into the service itself is a really good demonstration of not only partnership working but working in creative ways with our young people

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Impact of covid on our LGBTQi communities 

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Impact of covid on our LGBTQi communities 

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The sad reality of our diverse communities, unsafe housing, raised anxiety, having to return to places and "go back into the closet" because of the pandemic are all articulated in this document from switchboard. being able to take information like this  into the transformation programmes will help us deliver the right services

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(4) Final Covid-19 Impact Report July 2021

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This month we looked at a number of things that are happening across Sussex. its quite a challenge looking at everything at once, there is so much going on. we asked the Clare project and switchboard to present back to us about a new initiative and some research on the impact of Covid on LGBTQi communities. the feedback is a sad indictment of the continuing pressures that are felt by our diverse communities.
as the programme lead it is my responsibility to make sure that we are getting these messages into the heart of our transformation and getting experts by experience and voice into our plans.

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Train and Treat for Service User Carers Group 8.9.2021

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Service users - Tuesday 24 th August 2021 from 4.00pm – 5.30pm on Zoom
Carers and family members - Thursday 26 th August 2021 from 6.00pm – 7.30pm on Zoom

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ES_Inpatient Mental Health Services Consultation Document June 2021

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Tuesdays 24 th August 6.00-8.00pm

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Redesign Inpatient Services: East Sussex - Event Two

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Eventbrite - NHS East Sussex CCG and Sussex Partnership presents Redesign Inpatient Services: East Sussex - Event Two - Saturday, 24 July 2021 - Find event and ticket information.

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Working with you to improve mental health services in East Sussex

BSL version of above video:

What we are consulting on

We want to improve mental health inpatient services in East Sussex for adults, older people, and those living with dementia. You will use inpatient services if you are admitted to a hospital, either overnight or for a longer stay. We are consulting on the first phase of a long-term programme.

In this first stage of the programme we want to:
Move mental health inpatient services, which are currently provided at the Department of Psychiatry in Eastbourne District General Hospital, to new facilities to be built on a different site.
A move would:

remove out-dated dormitory accommodation, replacing the current shared wards with individual rooms, each with ensuite bathrooms

provide a modern and improved therapeutic environment for patients, and

create enough capacity to meet future inpatient needs

The number of mental health inpatient beds in East Sussex would stay the same in the short term but could increase or change in the future to meet growing demand.

Doing all this means we could improve further the care and support we provide for people with mental health needs and would also help us care for people in the most appropriate place.
As part of this consultation we are seeking views on this proposal to move these services. We are also asking for views on what is the best site for the new faciliti es.
The services could be relocated to one of two sites:

A greenfield site off Mount View Street, North east Bexhill, Bexhill-on-Sea, or

Amberstone Hospital, near Hailsham.

The Bexhill site is our preferred option.

Please see Working with you to improve mental health in East Sussex: consultation document for all the background information. A BSL summary version is also available.

Then, either complete our online questionnaire or request a hard copy, which you can fill in and send to us in the Freepost envelope provided. To request a hard copy you can email your name and address to eastsussex.mh@nhs.net or call 0300 304 0330. You can also access a BSL version of the survey online.

Consultation overview

We want everyone across Sussex to benefit from safe, effective and high quality mental health services whenever they need them.

For the last few years, the NHS in Sussex has taken a co-ordinated approach to investing in mental health services to transform the way people receive treatment, both in our hospitals and in the community.

This Sussex-wide approach includes everyone involved in delivering mental healthcare locally and all organisations such as local authorities and the voluntary sector. This approach supports the long-term ambitions for the future of mental health services set out by the NHS nationally.

The COVID-19 pandemic has made this work even more important because it is likely to generate increasing demand for services over the coming years. This means we must carefully plan how to meet that growing demand while making sure we make the best use of our resources to provide excellent care.

One area that we need to address urgently is the quality of our inpatient mental health services across East Sussex. That is, how we care for people needing to stay in hospital to support their mental health care needs.

While we work hard to make sure our patients receive the right quality of care, we know that we need to make bigger improvements to deliver that care to an even higher standard in the future.

To help achieve this, we have developed proposals to address the challenges we have with some of our hospital buildings in East Sussex. These proposals are the focus of this public consultation.

In developing the proposals, we have spoken directly to people who use our services, their carers and families, Healthwatch East Sussex, the local voluntary and community sector, members of our communities who experience health inequalities - as well as GPs and other health care professionals.

Their feedback helped us refine our proposals so that we are now confident that they give us the best opportunity to meet the challenges we face to provide the best quality care for all our patients, now and for years to come.

We hope you will take the time to join us in this work and help to shape the way we support people with mental health needs across our local communities.

How to get involved

Please see Working with you to improve mental health in East Sussex: consultation document. A BSL summary version is also available.

You can give your feedback on the consultation in a number of ways:

Via an online questionnaire

Via a printed questionnaire - simply fill in the questionnaire included in the consultation document and post it using the Freepost envelope provided. To request a copy of the document you can email your name and address to eastsussex.mh@nhs.net or call 0300 304 0330.

At online and face-to-face engagement events; dates, timings and booking info will be published on this website and shared via social media and our community partners. These events will be subject to the latest government guidance on social distancing.
Our next online meeting takes place on Tuesday 24 August from 6pm-8pm - find out more and sign up to attend.

Deaf British Sign Language (BSL) users can share their views through the BSL version of the survey, or by using the free SignLive app that connects them to a qualified British Sign Language interpreter. More information about the SignLive service and when it is available.

All the questions are optional, and all information you provide will be processed by ORS in accordance with latest Data Protection legislation. Information will only be used to inform this consultation and any personal information that could identify you will be kept for no more than one year after any decisions have been finalised.

Further information

Please see:

Opinion Research Services Ltd. (ORS), an independent organisation, has been appointed to manage the consultation feedback and questionnaire responses and to objectively report the outcomes.

ORS will produce a comprehensive independent report of the findings for the NHS East Sussex CCG Governing Body, the Sussex Partnership Board of Directors, and the East Sussex Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee (HOSC) to consider before any decisions are made.

The consultation will close on Monday 6 September 2021.

Further information is available by contacting the consultation team:

Email: esxccg.eastsussex.mh@nhs.net

Dedicated telephone line on 0300 304 0330 (local rates apply)

Write to: Opinion Research Services, FREEPOST SS1018, PO Box 530, Swansea SA1 1ZL

Where affected services are based

Potential options for a new facilities to be built on a different site

Frequently asked questions

14 June 2021

New building

Will this announcement mean you will be building a new hospital in East Sussex?

Once the consultation is complete, we will use the feedback we receive to develop our final proposals. One outcome could be that we would build a new hospital on either our preferred site in Bexhill-on-Sea or the alternative site near Hailsham.

If this is the outcome of the consultation, we will continue to engage with people to seek their views on how any new hospital could best support and care for the people of Sussex once it has been built.

But it is important to stress that nothing has yet been decided.

How much will this hospital cost?

We propose to move the Department of Psychiatry based at Eastbourne District General Hospital on to a new site. This would be the first phase of a longer-term vision for all our inpatient mental health services in East Sussex.

This proposal means we would be able to benefit from national funding aimed at eradicating out-dated dormitory accommodation and replace it with individual bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms for all service users.

The Department of Psychiatry currently has dormitory accommodation and Sussex Partnership is one of five NHS Trusts nationally with the largest number of patients still being treated in dormitories.

NHS England and NHS Improvement has earmarked £46.7 million to enable Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to complete this first phase by the end of March 2024, if a decision is made to go ahead following consultation.

Why can't you simply refurbish the existing building at the Department of Psychiatry?

We examined the possibility of refurbishing the Department of Psychiatry during our early involvement activity with all stakeholders, including service users and staff. This period of activity showed clear support for a new 'campus' site and opposition to refurbishing existing sites.

Refurbishing existing sites, especially the Department of Psychiatry, was not seen by the people we have engaged with so far as sustainable in the long run nor good value for money. We also had feedback that it would cause significant disruption to patients, visitors and staff and would mean we could not meet the long-term needs of patients in East Sussex.

In addition, the ward space currently making up the Department of Psychiatry will play an important part in the future plans of East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (ESHT).

Our vision

What is the long-term vision and how long will it take to achieve?

Our long-term vision, developed with the help of a range of stakeholders including service users, carers and their representatives, is to create new modern facilities which would provide care for a range of mental health inpatient needs - on a single site - for the people of East Sussex.

Our vision for a 'campus' approach would, over time, address all our inpatient needs. We anticipate that the 'campus' can be delivered in stages over a number of years and take advantage of funding as it becomes available. There is no set time for this programme but we would anticipate that it could take between five and 10 years.

Does this mean that other services across East Sussex will close down?

Our proposal is to move the services currently at Department of Psychiatry on to a new site, either in North East Bexhill or near Hailsham. This enables us to benefit from national funding to eradicate dormitory accommodation, which can be found at the Department of Psychiatry.

There are no immediate plans to close any other inpatient mental health services across East Sussex. However, our long-term vision is to create a single site 'campus' to cater for all our mental health inpatient needs. We aim to develop this vision over the coming years as funding opportunities arise. All future proposals may be subject to further public consultation before any final decisions are made.

Workforce

What will this proposal mean for staff currently based at the Department of Psychiatry?

There are about 165 members of staff, including acute and facilities staff, currently working at the Department of Psychiatry. We expect they would all transfer to the new facilities, or transfer to other services, depending on the results of staff consultations at the relevant time. We do not anticipate any redundancies.

In addition to this, we expect that the new facilities - tied in with the longer-term vision for our services - would enable us to attract and keep the best staff as they would become a leading centre for mental health services.

Transport and travel

Do these proposals mean that patients and carers who currently use the Department of Psychiatry will have to travel further to be treated and visit their families and friends?

We know that both our site options may mean that some people may need to travel further if they need inpatient care, or visit those being treated in inpatient services. However, this is already the case as patients receiving care at the Department of Psychiatry come from areas across Sussex so journeys of varying length are inevitable depending on where people live.

During 2019/20, of the 668 people who were treated as inpatients in the Department of Psychiatry, 337 were from East Sussex and the remaining 331 were from other areas such as West Sussex and Brighton and Hove. We have analysed how people's travel may be affected. Details of this analysis can be found in the pre-consultation business case.

Background documents

1. Working with you to improve mental health in East Sussex: consultation document

2. Pre-consultation business case

3. Equality and health inequalities impact assessment

4. Quality impact assessment

5. Benefits realisation plan

6. Transport accessibility analysis

7. New community mental health services model

8. Communications and involvement strategy and plan

9. Early Involvement Programme report of findings

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BSL version of above video: We want to improve mental health inpatient services in East Sussex for adults, older people, and those living with dementia. You will use inpatient services if you are admitted to a hospital, either overnight or for a longer stay. We are consulting on the first phase of a long-term programme.

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Community Ambassador Recruitment - volunteer opportunity for diverse ethnic communities

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Power Point

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Transformation of Community Mental Health Services- Overview

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The Sussex Mental Health And Music Matters (Mhmm) Show #1 January 17.2021

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New Model for Community Mental Health Services

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New Model for Community Mental Health Services

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Dr Nick Lake Webinar

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Adult community mental health services transformation

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If you had a mental health appointment during the pandemic. Click on the 'stories' tab (click on the picture below) to tell us about your experiences.

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Have Your Say

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Welcome to Sussex Health and Care: Your Say This is a space where you can get involved in shaping your health care; share your experiences, suggest ideas to help us help you, take part in surveys and forums and hear back from us when changes take place.

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Looking after your mental wellbeing during Covid-19: what you've been telling us

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Looking after your mental wellbeing during Covid-19: what you've been telling us

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Cardiac Symptoms

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Help Us Help You - cardiac symptoms Dr Blakey

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Cancer Symptoms

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Help Us Help You - cancer symptoms Dr Thomson

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The Sussex Health and Care Partnership brings together 16 organisations all working together to meet the changing needs of all the people who live in our area.

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The Sussex Health and Care Partnership (SHCP) BAME Disparity Programme have planned a raft of activities across Sussex for October with a call to action that asks people to use this opportunity to further reduce disparities and inequalities for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Communities in Sussex.

Lola Banjoko, Executive Managing Director of Brighton and Hove Clinical Commissioning Group and co-executive lead for the BAME Disparity Programme said; "Black History Month this year is critical in the sense that we need to collectively ask some difficult questions, including ,

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Homepage | Sussex Health & Care Partnership

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The Sussex Health and Care Partnership (SHCP) BAME Disparity Programme have planned a raft of activities across Sussex for October with a call to action that asks people to use this opportunity to further reduce disparities and inequalities for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Communities in Sussex.

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Our health and care partnership have been working really hard with service users to get new ways of delivering services to us. they have just created their new padlet with the latest information on it.

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Webinar

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Community Ambassador Recruitment - volunteer opportunity for diverse ethnic communities

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How did health and social care services work for you during Covid-19? Please share your thoughts ...

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Community Ambassador Frequently Asked Questions

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Service User & Carer Bulletin Aug 2021