Medicines are the most frequent therapeutic healthcare intervention in the NHS.
The aim is to optimise the use of medicines by promoting cost effective and evidence based clinical practice and effective risk management to ensure that patients get the right choice of medicine at the right time. We work to ensure our population get the most from their medicines, take medicines correctly, avoid taking unnecessary medicines, improve medicines safety, and reduce medicines wastage.
Bromley Adult Education College welcomed local people on 10 March 2026 for a relaxed and informative International Women’s Day event focused on women’s health and wellbeing. Held at the Kentwood Centre in Penge, the drop‑in session ran from 11am to 2pm and gave local women the chance to access advice, information and simple health checks […]
Some GP practices in south east London have been experiencing issues with how they receive test results, including, for example: X-rays, MRI scans and blood tests. This issue is in just one part of practices’ IT systems, and does not affect how all test results are sent and received. NHS South East London is working […]
Glass Mill Leisure Centre hosted the third Understanding Blood Pressure event in the borough of Lewisham on 11th March 2026, welcoming more than 100 residents from Lewisham and Ladywell (Neighbourhood 2) and the surrounding area. Across the afternoon, people moved between short talks with time for questions and a lively market‑style area – picking up […]
