Priorities Report 2025-26
Our priority setting is essential to help us identify and address health inequalities in Southwark. Through a structured process, we can focus our efforts where they will have the greatest impact, strengthening trust and collaboration between communities, service providers, and decision-makers.
Local insights inform our community-led research and help us exercise our core functions, where we can drive meaningful change through our projects
This report highlights the key health and social care issues affecting Southwark residents, drawing on a wide range of sources including community feedback, surveys, local data, and national and regional priorities and secondary data and information. It explains how we’ve used these insights to shape our work for 2024–26.
Our three main priorities for 2025–26 are:
- Temporary accommodation and health – exploring how housing conditions and instability affect people’s health and access to care.
- Children and young people’s mental health and social care experiences – focusing on early support, transitions to adult services, and the impact of social care.
- Southwark Resource Centre (Disabilities Hub) – using our statutory powers to review services supporting vulnerable residents.
These priorities reflect the most pressing concerns raised by local people and align with wider strategies across Southwark and South East London. We will continue to work with communities, service providers, and decision-makers to improve access, quality, and outcomes in health and care.
