New Lambeth Women’s and Girls’ Health Hub
GPs in Lambeth can now help women and girls seeking support with a range of health issues to access a new Women’s and Girls’ Health Hub, making it easier to receive care and reducing waiting times for appointments. The service is open to all patients registered with a GP in the borough.
Feedback from over 1,400 local women and girls was used to shape the establishment of Women and Girls’ Health Hubs in Lambeth, Bexley and Greenwich in the spring of 2025. These hubs offer centralised access to support for heavy menstrual bleeding, pre-conception advice, menopause related issues, suspected polycystic ovary syndrome, endometriosis, and a range of other problems. The initiative aims to reduce health inequalities and improve outcomes for women and girls.
The Lambeth hub is currently operated virtually. From late August, in-person appointments will be available at Minnie Kidd House in Clapham for eligible patients. In-person appointments may also be offered elsewhere in the borough in the future.
Referrals are triaged weekly, led by a gynaecology consultant, sexual and reproductive health consultant, and a GP with a special interest in women’s health. The outcome will be either comprehensive management advice returned for the GP, or onward referral to the appropriate service at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital by the health hub team.
The team is also engaging with residents in the community through the Hills, Brook and Dale PCN’s Women’s Health Network and the Lambeth Health and Wellbeing Bus, providing advice to help women and girls better manage their health.
By bringing together women’s healthcare providers in the area, NHS South East London’s Integrated Care System (ICS) is helping residents get specialist care for a range of conditions, and also supporting GPs with expert advice and integrated referral pathways. Alice Gough Programme Manager in the ICS Prevention, Wellbeing and Equity team, said, “Building on the Women’s Health Network at Hills, Brook and Dale PCN, and the expertise of two GPs with a special interest in women’s health from Croxted PCN, and with Evelina as lead provider, we launched a virtual triage hub in April 2025, run by a multidisciplinary team bridging primary and secondary care. This sits alongside an outreach model led by Lambeth Council’s public health outreach team and local VCSEs to connect with communities who might not otherwise access care or face additional barriers. Early results show demand for a physical hub to deliver complex consultations and procedures such as pessary fittings and long-acting reversible contraception. What’s been most inspiring about this programme is the amount of passion and drive from individuals. Setting up a new service and trialling new ways of working takes a considerable amount of effort and time, and the team delivering this have been relentless in their pursuit of establishing a hub which meets the needs of local women and girls.”
Visit Let’s Talk Health and Care in South East London for more information about how the hubs were developed with the vital input of local people.