Better health and care for all across Sussex, today and in the future

Our aim is to achieve better health and care for all across Sussex, today and in the future.

We want everyone to live longer, healthier, and fulfilling lives and have access to the best possible services and support when they need them. To do this we need both short-term and long-term changes.

Right now, health and care services are under significant pressure and we know more people will need to use services over the winter months, people’s existing conditions get worse in the cold weather, there will be an increase in flu and COVID-19, and the cost of living crisis may impact on some people’s health and wellbeing.

Health and care organisations in Sussex have been working together to plan and prepare this winter. However, we cannot do this alone and it is important that everyone plays a part in helping to make sure our people and communities get the care and support they need. At the same time, we are also working together to develop a five year plan that will set out the ambitions and priorities to achieve better health and care for our people and communities. We cannot focus on everything and we need local people to help shape this work.

We have looked at what local people have told us over recent years to help us identify what our ambitions could and should be as part of the strategy. Now we want to hear from our communities to make sure these ambitions are right.