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‘Free Your Mind’ campaign will support mental wellbeing in South East London
A new campaign to support people living in South East London experiencing mental ill-health during the Covid-19 pandemic launched on Monday 22 June.
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How are Southwark health services operating during the coronavirus outbreak?
Find out more here about the changes hospitals, doctors, and other health services are making to help delay and deal with the coronavirus outbreak, and how this might affect your care.
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What should you do about coronavirus?
Find out what to do if you or someone you live with has symptoms, all about self-isolating, shielding and social distancing, and how to protect yourself and others from coronavirus.
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COVID-19 information booklet for shielded residents
The council have created a booklet with useful information for all shielded residents.
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Raising our voices to make carers visible in Southwark
It’s Carers Week 8-14 June and we want to Make Carers Visible (this year's theme) by sharing our recent research project, ‘The Impact of Caring on Unpaid Carers’. We also consider what's changed during Covid-19 and what's next in Southwark.
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Healthwatch Southwark and Community Southwark is in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and stands against racism.
The murder of George Floyd has again sparked #BlackLivesMatter protests around the world and brought the inequalities faced by Black people to the forefront. 
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What have local people been telling us about the coronavirus outbreak? (April-May 2020 update)
We have analysed our recent signposting and feedback calls and emails to give you a picture of what Southwark residents are telling us about the initial impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Dentists to start reopening from 8 June - but how have they been working during the pandemic?
NHS England has written to dental practices setting out the next steps for delivery of NHS dental services in England, as the NHS moves into the second phase of the Covid-19 response. Dentists can start reopening for all routine care from 8 June.
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Young people can get paid, get heard, make a difference.
Rethink Mental Illness is a leading charity provider of mental health services in England. Their goal is to make sure that everyone affected by severe mental illness has a good quality of life. 
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Patients to start being removed from "clinically extremely vulnerable" or shielded list
As we move into the next stage of the coronavirus pandemic, some patients are being identified by clinicians (doctors and other healthcare professionals) as no longer needing to be on the clinically extremely vulnerable list. What does this mean?
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Proposed changes to the Maudsley - have your say by 31 May on the Lambeth Hospital consultation!
Inpatient mental health wards at Lambeth Hospital might be moved to the Maudsley, with a new build in Denmark Hill to accommodate them. This impacts people in Southwark that use mental health services, and any of us that might use them in the future.
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We are recruiting an Engagement and Signposting Officer
We are looking for a person who can engage proactively with diverse members of our community and sensitively draw out their views, working effectively with volunteers and partner organisations to reach as many people as possible.
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