Patient information leaflets

Personal Support Planning

Your care and how it is delivered to you, with you.

Confidentiality

Keeping information safe, including personal information and how we use it and freedom of information for patients.

Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS)

Here to help when you need advice, have concerns or don’t know where to turn.

Hand hygiene patient and visitor information leaflet

Information about hand hygiene, including different ways to clean your hands.

Infection prevention and control

General guidance on infection prevention and control and specific infections.

Mental Health Act

The Mental Health Act 1983. A brief guide for patients and carers.

Research leaflet/opt out form

We conduct research studies in order to improve the services we deliver to our patients. Use this form to tell us if you don't to hear about taking part.

Sussex Mental Healthline - West Sussex

24-hour support and information for anyone experiencing mental health problems including stress, anxiety and depression. Also available to carers and healthcare professionals.

Sussex Mental Healthline - East Sussex and Brighton and Hove

24-hour support and information for anyone experiencing mental health problems including stress, anxiety and depression. Also available to carers and healthcare professionals.

Your beliefs and culture

Meeting your spiritual or religious needs.

Your medication

The importance of being involved in decisions about your medication.

CAMHS medication information for patients and parents

Choice and medication 

Our preferred website for information about medication and conditions.

Leaflets are available to download and print including simplified leaflets with pictures that are suitable for younger adolescents and people with a lower reading ability, easy read leaflets for patients with learning disabilities or a significant reading impairment and leaflets translated into several languages.

The website also contains information 'handy charts' that compare the benefits and risks of psychotropic medicines for example, antipsychotics.

Patient information leaflets

Young Minds

Young Minds is a website that has been specifically designed to provide information for young people about their mental health medicines.

Your medication (large print version)

A brief guide for patients and carers. We believe it is very important that wherever possible you are involved in decisions about your medication.

Prescribing decisions booklet

A guide to how people who prescribe choose between different medicines.

Your medication

A brief guide for patients and carers. We believe it is very important that wherever possible you are involved in decisions about your medication.

Clinical research into the treatment of Alzheimer`s disease

Information about the clinical research into the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease at the cognitive treatment and research unit.

Therapeutic engagement and observation

Information for patients, relatives and carers about the observation of mental health patients admitted to hospital.

Your medication - easy read version

A brief guide for patients and carers. We believe it is very important that wherever possible you are involved in decisions about your medication.

Care Programme Approach (CPA)

Your care and how it is delivered to you, with you.

Experiencing difficulties with our services

How to let us know what you think about our services.

Infection prevention - information for patients

Information about how you can help stop illness spreading.

Information sharing

What we do with information about you.

Mental Health Act

The Mental Health Act 1983. A brief guide for patients and carers.

Sussex Mental Heathline

24-hour support and information to anyone experiencing mental health problems including stress, anxiety and depression. Also available to carers and healthcare professionals.

Your medication

The importance of being involved in decisions about your medication.