News and reports

We are currently recruiting for Advisory Board members to help steer the work of Healthwatch Southwark. These are local people, who live or work in the community and can provide insights and guidance to the team.

Get advice from Southwark Council’s cost of living crisis booklet that can be downloaded and printed.

Southwark Charities supports community organisations and charities that improve the well-being of Southwark’s older residents aged 55 plus.

Read our latest quarterly Signposting and Feedback Insight Report, this report provides an overview of the key themes highlighted from community feedback and signposting enquiries we received from 1st July - 30th September 2022.

Approximately one in ten people in Southwark have high blood pressure but only half know that they do. Left untreated, high blood pressure can lead to heart attack and stroke.

The NHS is offering the smallpox vaccination to people who are most likely to be exposed to monkeypox.

All children aged 1 to 9 in London are being offered a booster or catch-up dose of polio vaccine. The best way to prevent polio is to make sure you and your child are up to date with your vaccinations.

Read our most recent quarterly Signposting and Feedback Insight Report, providing an overview of the key themes we have identified from the community feedback and signposting enquiries we received from 1st April- 30th June 2022.

Read our latest report examining what our priorities should be for the upcoming year.

Read our report examining people's experiences of accessing GP services in Southwark after the lifting of the lockdown restrictions in July 2021.

Alzheimer's Society provides services for residents suffering from Alzheimer and forms of dementia and their carers.

Find out more about our work and achievements over the past year.