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Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

This is an organisation that runs the health and social care services we inspect

Overall: Good read more about inspection ratings
Important: Services have been transferred to this provider from another provider
Important: Services have been transferred to this provider from another provider
Important: Services have been transferred to this provider from another provider
Important:

We served a warning notice on Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust on 11 July 2025 for failing to ensure that the care and treatment of patients who used the mental health crisis services and health-based places of safety received care that was consistently safe, appropriate, met their needs, upheld their privacy and dignity rights and protected them from avoidable harm.

The governance systems in place were not robust and did not provide adequate oversight and ongoing monitoring of the quality and safety of care provided. Our concerns relate to the following locations:

Assessment report published 22 April 2025

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Effective

Requires improvement

20 January 2025

We did not look at this key question during this assessment. The score below is based on the previous rating for this key question.

We have not awarded this service a score for Effective.

Find out about when we will not publish a key question score and what we look at when we assess Effective.

Assessing needs

Score: 2

We did not look at Assessing needs during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Effective.

Delivering evidence-based care and treatment

Score: 2

We did not look at Delivering evidence-based care and treatment during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Effective.

How staff, teams and services work together

Score: 2

We did not look at How staff, teams and services work together during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Effective.

Supporting people to live healthier lives

Score: 2

We did not look at Supporting people to live healthier lives during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Effective.

Monitoring and improving outcomes

Score: 2

We did not look at Monitoring and improving outcomes during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Effective.

We did not look at Consent to care and treatment during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Effective.

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