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.
In south east London, around one in four people with a learning disability are prescribed a mental health medicine without a recorded diagnosis. These medicines are not always reviewed, which can affect health and quality of life. The NHS South East London STOMP clinic is working to change this. STOMP stands for Stopping Over‑Medication of People […]
3-6 April 2026
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 […]
