Health and care passports
How to create a document that tells people what would help you during healthcare appointments or at the hospital.
You told us that GP and hospital appointments can be difficult and stressful.
It’s often hard to explain what helps you or your child with SEND so they can get the right medical care.
To make things easier, NHS staff worked with Parent Carer Forums in West Sussex and East Sussex. Together, they created information about health and care passports to support families.
How a health and care passport can help
A health and care passport is a document which shares key information, including:
- any diagnoses
- how you communicate
- what support works best
A health and care passport should prevent you having to explain things again and again at appointments.
How to make a health and care passport
You can watch a film about health and care passports and find out what a health and care passport looks like. Then you can choose a template that works best for you.
Learn more and create your passport at NHS Sussex Health and Care.
Complete and print your health and care passport at your local library
It is helpful to have paper copies of your health and care passport.
If you ask about health and care passports at your local library, staff will be able to support you to find the NHS health and care passport information online.
Library members get 2 hours free internet access, so you could complete your health and care passport in the library. Staff can also help you print your health and care passport for a small charge.
Find information about computer and internet access and printing costs in West Sussex libraries.
It is free to become a library member - just ask in any West Sussex library.