About Us

Sussex MSK Health: Brighton & Hove and West Sussex is a service designed to support you with muscle, bone, and joint conditions, helping you live well and stay active.

We provide expert care across Brighton & Hove and West Sussex, bringing together healthcare professionals and services to make your journey as smooth and supportive as possible.

What is Sussex MSK Health?

Sussex MSK Health is a team of dedicated healthcare professionals specialising in musculoskeletal (MSK) care. We help with a wide range of conditions, from ongoing aches and pains to more complex issues.

What makes us different is our focus on more than just treatment. We start by understanding what matters most to you, so we can tailor your care to your needs and lifestyle.

What you can expect from Sussex MSK Health: Brighton & Hove and West Sussex, as the services evolves‍

1. Getting Started
   Your journey begins with a conversation. Whether you’re referred to us by your GP or contact us directly, we’ll talk to you about how your condition affects your life and what you need to feel better.

2. Personalised Care Plan
   Based on what’s important to you, we’ll create a care plan that connects you with the right support. This could include physiotherapy, diagnostic tests, pain management, or surgery.

3. Coordinated Care
   Our team works together behind the scenes to make sure your care is seamless. You won’t have to chase different services – we’ll coordinate everything for you.

4. Ongoing Support
   Your care doesn’t end with treatment. We’ll give you the tools, advice, and support you need to stay active and manage your condition in the long term.

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What are our visions & values?

Keeping these values in mind and reflecting on them regularly helps us to stay focused on what really matters and support us to deliver a service we can be proud of.

· We are open and honest with each other, sharing concerns, information, and conflicts. ​​

· We are guided by our overarching vision to provide outstanding and impactful MSK care. ​​

· We work within a clear framework for decision making, that empowers staff and clinicians, ensuring the appropriate levels of support and governance. ​

· We have transparent data on performance, encouraging scrutiny and stretch in all aspects of service delivery.​

· We welcome learning, with a no-blame culture for incidents and complaints.

· We value diversity of thought, welcoming a range of skills, knowledge, information, and perspectives.

· We respect all views, listening with curiosity and openness.

· We provide people with the connection to understand how their role delivers our shared purpose.

· We understand quality is driven by staff who feel supported, and will support wellness, learning and development in all our teams.

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Our Team

Administrators are the point of contact for patients and are available to speak with from 8am till 7pm, Monday to Friday. They are a vital part of the Service offered by Sussex MSK Health.

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Chartered Physiotherapists and Osteopaths offer a holistic approach to healthcare and treatment, considering such areas as lifestyle, work, and leisure in order to empower the patient to self-manage their condition.

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Advanced Practitioners (APs) are specialist physiotherapists, osteopaths and consultant nurses who work in an extended role. They work beyond the scope of physiotherapy practice and assist clinical diagnosis and management of patients.

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Podiatrists and Podiatric Surgeons are foot and ankle specialists who focus on conditions that require orthotics or soft tissue surgical procedures.

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First Contact Practitioners (FCPs) are Advanced Practitioners who work within GP practices, offering MSK assessments, advice and guidance, and referrals for diagnostics and to Physiotherapy/MSK straight from the GP practice.

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Consultants work with us as part of our multidisciplinary team. They work alongside APs and nurses in community clinics to offer a ‘one stop shop’ for patients.

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Care Navigators link patients to services in their local community which can give them practical and/or emotional support, focusing on ‘what matters’ to each person and their health and wellbeing.

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Health Builders are persons with lived experience who are supported and involved in collaborative working to co-design services and improvement to ensure they are shaped to meet real needs.

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Sussex MSK Health is delivered in partnership by Sussex Community Foundation Trust (SCFT) and Here

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