Health and Adult Social Care
Level 2 service offers support to older people to help increase confidence, prevent falls and maintain independent-living. This can involve a one-off visit to provide advice on preventing falls, or a number of regular visits over a period of weeks from a volunteer to help rebuild confidence and work towards self-selected goals.
Level 2 can also provide signposting to other voluntary services that can help with falls prevention and rehabilitation.
A local project aiming to support clients to achieve healthy independent living free from alcohol and drugs. The service provides safe housing and a rehabilitation programme to enable residents to sustain abstinence and rebuild their lives following addiction.
A national charity that works to improve life after brain injury. Through their network of more than 125 groups and branches across the UK, they aim to promote understanding of all aspects of brain injury to survivors, their families and carers.
The Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is led by a group of local doctors and nurses and brings together all GP practices in the city. They also have a network of patient participation groups (PPGs), which are run locally by volunteer patients and practice managers who contribute ideas and feedback suggestions directly to their practices.
Visit the website to find your nearest GP, Dentist, Pharmacy, Opticians and Hospital.
Information about accessing emergency care including NHS 111, A&E, emergency dentist, the urgent care centre and walk in services.
A national charity that drives better care, treatments and quality of life for people affected by Parkinson's. They provide expert information on every aspect of Parkinson's so that people affected by the condition can stay in control of their lives.
Offers information, friendship and support to local people with Parkinson's, their families and carers. They also organise regular events and social activities.
A team for people aged 16 and over who have specific long term neurological conditions. They also provide an Early Supported Discharge service for patients who have had a stroke. The service is always provided in peoples own homes or in care homes.
Responsive Services are a multidisciplinary team who visit patients in their home, including patients who live in care homes or temporary accommodation. Responsive Services provide short term health support to help people recover and remain in their own home.
The service covers the whole of Brighton and Hove but are only available for people who are registered with a Brighton and Hove GP.
Responsive Services provide short term nursing, physiotherapy and occupational therapy assessment and support and aim to work with people to increase their independence following an episode of ill health.
Referrals are accepted from health or social care providers. The public cannot make direct referrals to Responsive services.
Referrals for Responsive services should be made via the referral management hub (RMH).
A local service providing assessment, treatment and advice to people with neurological impairment, including stoke, traumatic brain injury and Multiple Sclerosis. The objectives of the service are to improve physical well being, functional status and decrease the care needs of patients.
The centre also provides a specialist OT service, where they assess and prescribe attendant propelled and electrically operated indoor and outdoor wheelchairs. Referral is usually via GP's.
The service provides assessment, treatment and advice to people with neurological impairment, including stoke, traumatic brain injury and Multiple Sclerosis. The objectives of the service are to improve physical wellbeing, functional status and decrease the care needs of patients.
The service is for individuals living within Brighton and Hove and some patients from East Sussex. Out-patient follow-up is also provided for patients from East and West Sussex who have been in-patients at Sussex Rehabilitation Centre (Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath).