1. Burgess Park Care Home

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    In 2016, one of our priority areas was social care.

    A focus of this has been to look at the quality of nursing care provision, especially after the closure of one of the three Southwark nursing homes in October 2015 (Camberwell Green).

  2. Our findings from Tower Bridge Care Centre - Summary report

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    In November 2018, Healthwatch Southwark used our power of Enter and View to visit Southwark's only public nursing home, Tower Bridge Care Centre.
    We spent six hours at the home over two days and spoke to 8 residents, 6 visitors and 10 staff members.

  3. What is the 'Red Bag' and what does it do?

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    The 'Hospital Transfer Pathway' or 'Red Bag' scheme, pioneered by Sutton Homes of Care, is designed to make emergency hospital visits safer for care home residents and to speed up discharge.

  4. COVID-19 vaccinations in Southwark

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    Find out how COVID-19 vaccinations are being rolled out in Southwark.

  5. Social care in Southwark

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    Find out how to access social care services in Southwark.

  6. South Asian community members needed for Breast Cancer Care project

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    Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine are looking for South Asian community members living with and beyond breast cancer and their family members or carers to join a public involvement project.

  7. Quarterly Insights Report- 1st July - 30 September

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    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.

  8. Listening Tour – Can you help?

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    We are hosting a series of pop ups as part of our listening tour whereby the general public can share their experiences in health and social care settings and know that we will do right by them to share this information with decision-makers.

  9. Quarterly Monitoring Report - Q1 2024-5

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    Read what Healthwatch Southwark learned and achieved between April-June 2024.

  10. Southwark Soundboard Reflection Report 2024

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    The Healthwatch Southwark Soundboard Listening Tour may be over, but we are still listening!

  11. What is an Integrated Care System?

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    Integrated care systems (ICSs) are partnerships that bring together NHS organisations, local authorities and others to share responsibility for how services are run, what policies and guidance is needed for them to be of high quality and effective and how they are funded across the UK.

  12. Tower Bridge Care Centre

    Report -

    In November 2018, Healthwatch Southwark used our power of Enter and View to visit Southwark's only public nursing home, Tower Bridge Care Centre.

  13. Get involved in research on healthcare access for adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults

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    Help Healthwatch Southwark understand how to improve healthcare access for adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults.

  14. Empowering Voices: Examining Healthcare Access for Adults with Learning Disabilities and Autistic Adults

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    Read our latest research report exploring the experiences of adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults when accessing healthcare services in Southwark.

  15. Healthy feedback from our Healthy Futures in Southwark & Lambeth event

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    Healthwatch Southwark & Healthwatch Lambeth, along with partners from health and social care across both boroughs, ran an event "A Healthy Future in Southwark & Lambeth" on the 20th March.

  16. The NHS in Southwark is changing. Share your views and help to shape its future.

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    - This consultation is now closed -

  17. New enhanced 111 Integrated Urgent Care (IUC) service for South East London

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    Not sure what to do? Go straight to 111!

    As of 26 February 2019, residents in South East London can access a new enhanced NHS 111 IUC service.

  18. Changes to south east London Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs)

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    Southwark's CCG plans to merge with the other five CCGs in south east London, with a goal of improving quality, consistency and pathways, and saving money on management costs. Find out more about the plans here.

  19. Citizens Advice Southwark opening times

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    Citizens Advice Southwark (CAS) have updated their opening times to include advice session drop-in times for their newly opened office off Walworth Road.

  20. How are the Southwark authorities responding to coronavirus?

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    The local Coronavirus Pandemic Committee (CPC) was convened by Professor Kevin Fenton, Director of Public Health for Southwark, on 6 February and is meeting regularly.

  21. What's happening to Lambeth Hospital? A blog of the Southwark Mental Health Carers Forum

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    On Friday 24 April I attended the Southwark Mental Health Carers Forum, where we heard about the proposal to move mental health inpatient wards for Lambeth residents from Lambeth Hospital to the Maudsley in Southwark.

  22. Patients to start being removed from "clinically extremely vulnerable" or shielded list

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    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?

  23. Dentists to start reopening from 8 June - but how have they been working during the pandemic?

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    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.

  24. Join the Healthwatch South East London Patient Group

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    We’re looking to appoint two new members from Southwark to sit on our Healthwatch South East London Patient Group.

  25. Help develop an online digital wellbeing service (and be rewarded for your time!)

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    Healthwatch Southwark are working with Mindwave Ventures to find people to take part in an online co-creation workshop which will help in the development of a local digital wellbeing service. Participants will be rewarded for their time.

  26. Help shape and develop Sickle Cell Society's future services.

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    Sickle Cell Society is researching what new services people with sickle cell and their families would like, including services that address the impact of COVID-19. 

  27. Share your lived experience: South East London Personal Health Budgets survey

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    Do you have a Personal Health Budget (PHB) and live in South East London? Do you manage a PHB for someone living in South East London? Are you a carer or a Personal Assistant for someone who has a PHB?

  28. Cancer Research UK: Use your experience of cancer to influence our work

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    Cancer Research UK (CRUK) want to work with you, to ensure the work they do represents the needs of all people affected by cancer.

  29. Become a PCREF activist and help transform access, experience and outcomes for black patients at South London and Maudsley!

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    South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust are one of the pilot sites (along with East London, Birmingham and Manchester) for the Patient and Carer Race Equality Framework (PRECF). This is a National initiative led by NHSE.

  30. Help shape Guy’s St Thomas and Evelina London’s services! 

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    Are you interested in helping to shape the future of Guy's and St Thomas' and Evelina London?