The information in this section is for people who work in health and care in south east London. 

Please go here for general information on the neighbourhood health service.


Neighbourhood working is about bringing health, care, voluntary and community organisations together to improve the wellbeing of local people. By focusing on the strengths and needs of each community, we can design services that are more joined-up, proactive, and responsive.

This section gives staff and partners access to the latest updates, resources, and workstreams driving this transformation.

Latest updates about neighbourhood working

Putting children first: Codesigning the future of children’s social care in Southwark

Safeguarding partners in Southwark are co-designing local reform of children’s social care in collaboration with frontline staff, safeguarding partners, children, young people and families to ensure their voices are at the heart of service design and the reforms are grounded in local context.   The team are keen to collaborate and learn from ongoing feedback and are therefore adopting a phased ‘test and learn’ approach. As part of this approach, the first group of Integrated Family Help Pilot teams started taking […]

19 Feb 2026
Neighbourhood based care board update – January 2026

January's meeting included updates on progress from Bexley and Greenwich, and a key focus on children and young people.

19 Jan 2026
Putting neighbourhood health into practice; a simulation

PPL is a consultancy working with the NHS on planning and implementing neighbourhood working. They have published a report that captures learning from the first ‘national neighbourhood health simulation’, which NHS Providers supported at the 2025 NHS Providers Conference and Exhibition. The findings highlight what helps neighbourhood models work effectively in practice, the challenges identified […]

02 Jan 2026
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