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Want to stop smoking? Help is at hand in Horsham

26/08/2010 A new six week course starts on Monday 6 September. If you smoke 20 cigarettes a day and stop now you could save £600 by Christmas.

More smokers quit using NHS help than ever before in West Sussex

24/08/2010 In the year to March 2010, more than 4000 people successfully quit smoking in the county with support from the local NHS Stop Smoking Services.

West Sussex parents warned over exam binge drinking

23/08/2010 With thousands of young people receiving exam results this fortnight, parents in West Sussex are being urged to talk to their children about the risks of binge drinking.

Minister backs Personal Health Budgets

11/08/2010 A ground-breaking scheme which will give some West Sussex patients their own ‘personal health budgets’ has been backed by the new government.

Skin specialist NHS nurses on Worthing beach giving advice on sun safety

Skin specialists pull on their bathers to warn others of the dangers of the sun

10/08/2010 People visiting Worthing seafront this week have taken a step back in time as they get health advice from Victorian bathers.

Parents, children and young people in West Sussex are wanted to help shape our ‘urgent care’ services

05/08/2010 People in West Sussex are being given the chance to shape children’s health services for the future.