Healthwatch in Sussex is inviting local people to discuss the sensitive and tough issues around end of life care at a webinar hosted by Healthwatch Brighton & Hove and local Healthwatch in East and West Sussex on Wednesday, May 12 at 12pm.During the worst of the Covid pandemic Healthwatch Brighton & Hove published A Good Send-Off, a hard hitting report about the experiences of 15 people whose end of life care had been difficult and unsatisfactory.The main finding of this report a year ago was that if people facing end of life care are supported by a specialist team providing personalised care their ending was dignified.
Healthwatch Brighton & Hove found that if this was not the case, their hospital discharge and subsequent care at home was.