A NEW service has just gone live to support the national NHS Test and Trace system.
Working from West Sussex County Council’s COVID-19 Community Hub, the service will take on responsibility for contacting individuals across East and West Sussex who have received a positive COVID-19 test result, but were unable to be contacted by the national NHS Test and Trace team within 48 hours. Continue reading
EAST SUSSEX businesses in the creative, cultural and digital sectors will be able to access further help after a support scheme has been extended.
The South East Creatives programme – set up by the South East Creative Economy Network to help the creative and digital sector across East Sussex, Kent and Essex – will now be available until June 2021.
COMMUNITIES in Hastings are set to benefit from a £5 million funding boost to tackle harm caused by the supply and use of drugs.
The town has been announced as a pilot area for Project ADDER, a Government initiative to help agencies and organisations work together reduce drug-related deaths, offending and the prevalence of drug use. Continue reading
NEW parents are now able to book an appointment online in order to register the birth of their baby.
Birth registrations were suspended between March 23 and June 14, 2020 due to the pandemic. Since the service recommenced, the registration team have been contacting parents in chronological order to book birth registration appointments, but now families can book an appointment themselves.
