Sussex Health and Care Assembly

The Integrated Care Partnership - the Sussex Health and Care Assembly - is the statutory joint committee between the NHS and local government that comes together to formally agree the strategic direction for our system:

  • NHS Surrey and Sussex ICB
  • Brighton & Hove City Council
  • East Sussex County Council
  • West Sussex County Council

Its core purpose is to agree the strategic direction and facilitate joint action across a broad alliance of organisations to improve the outcomes, equality of access and patient experience of health and care services for all communities across Sussex.

The Sussex Health and Care Assembly will meet in public at least two times per year and will be chaired independently.

Assembly members

  • Independent Chair: Helen Greatorex
  • NHS Surrey and Sussex ICB members
    • Ian Smith, Chair, NHS Surrey and Sussex ICB
    • Karen McDowell, Chief Executive Officer, NHS Surrey and Sussex ICB
    • Mark Smith, NHS Surrey and Sussex ICB
    • Claudia Griffith, Chief Commissioning Officer, Strategy, Planning & Evaluation, NHS Surrey and Sussex ICB
  • Local government members
    • Councillor Faiza Baghoth, Chair of Health & Wellbeing Board, Brighton & Hove City Council
    • Councillor Keith Glazier, Chair of Health & Wellbeing Board, East Sussex County Council
    • Councillor Bob Lanzer, Chair of Health & Wellbeing Board, West Sussex County Council
    • Director of Public Health, Brighton & Hove City Council
    • Darrell Gale, Director of Public Health, East Sussex County Council
    • Alison Challenger, Director of Public Health, West Sussex County Council
  • VCSE members
    • Dr Anusree Biswas Sasidharan, Director, Bridging Change
    • Steve Hare, Chief Executive Officer, Age UK East Sussex
    • Sue Livett, Chief Executive Officer, Aldingbourne Trust
  • Healthwatch members
    • Alan Boyd, Chief Executive Officer, Healthwatch Brighton & Hove
    • Veronica Kirwan, Executive Director, Healthwatch East Sussex
    • Zoey Harris, Chief Officer, Healthwatch West Sussex
  • University members
    • Professor Donna Whitehead, Vice-Chancellor, University of Brighton
    • Rebecca Conroy, CEO and Principal, East Sussex College Group
  • Specialist members
    • Local Enterprise - Ana Christie, Chief Executive, Sussex Chamber of Commerce
    • Housing - John Holmstrom, Chief Executive, Turning Tides
    • Physical Exercise - Duncan Kerr, Chief Executive, Wave Leisure

Assembly meetings in public

The Sussex Health and Care Assembly meet in public to formally agree the strategic direction for our system and, to facilitate joint action across a broad alliance of organisation to improve the outcomes, equality of access and patient experience of health and care services for all communities across Sussex.

The next meetings take place on:

  • 30 July 2026
  • 8 October 2026

Questions in relation to any agenda matters being discussed can be submitted to democratic.services@eastsussex.gov.uk. Questions made in advance (at least 72 hours) will be answered by the Assembly during the meeting; any questions received later than this may not be responded to during the meeting but will be answered outside the meeting.

Meetings are recorded, so members of the public can watch the discussion back following the event. However, if you do not have access to the internet to watch online, there is a very limited capacity for members of the public to be able to attend meetings in person with sufficient advance notice.

Please contact democratic.services@eastsussex.gov.uk if you would like to discuss this possibility.