Latest CEO report to Board of Directors

8 December 2025

Our Chief Executive, Dr Jane Padmore, shares a report at every Board meeting held in public.

In the December 2025 Board meeting, Jane shared the work Sussex Partnership is doing to improve patient flow.

Patient flow relates to how people move through our services, from the point when they are first referred or admitted through to when they are discharged.

Read the CEO board report for December 2025 in full. 

Find out more about our Board meetings.

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