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Tonight's BBC Panorama focuses on NHS child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS). We were asked for comment and here is what we said.

The Hellingly Centre, our mental health unit providing care and treatment for people aged 18-65, is looking for an experienced hair stylist to offer hairdressing and barbering services to patients.

Congratulations to the Selden Centre, our specialist inpatient unit for people with learning disabilities, who have achieved an accreditation from the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

We have appointed a new Chief Nurse, Acosia Nyanin, who will take up her role on 3 December 2018

In the run up to World Suicide Prevention Day, people across Sussex are being urged to talk to someone if they’re struggling with how they feel.

 Mental health staff in Brighton recently received a heartfelt letter of thanks from a gentleman who hailed mental health workers as his ‘heroes’.

We want to hear from current service users and carers on what you think would improve our services and the care that we provide.

On 7 September we will be talking about the St Peter’s Pilot. Sussex Partnership NHS Trust and St Peter’s GP practice are collaborating on a pilot project to explore the impact of having a Mental Health Practitioner in the GP surgery for two half days a week. 

A new photography project has helped patients at the Hellingly Centre in East Sussex explore the link between identity and mental health as part of their recovery. 

Sooty the miniature Shetland pony visited staff and patients at Langley Green Hospital in Crawley this week (Wednesday 29 August) for the hospital’s first ‘pony therapy’ session.

A clinic in Sussex is breaking new ground by researching voice hearing in children and also in adults with personality disorder.