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The government’s 10 Year Health Plan focuses on three major shifts for the NHS: moving more care from hospitals into the community, moving from analogue to digital, and moving from treating illness to preventing it. Across south east London, we’re already seeing these shifts happen. Our new video shows how one programme is bringing care […]

Please note: this article is primarily for healthcare professionals. The way in which primary and secondary care services work together can feel disjointed, leading to poorer outcomes for patients and unnecessary work for staff. A new programme is now underway to improve the processes and relationships which define this “primary and secondary care interface”, bringing […]

Healthier Greenwich Partnership is streamlining the patient experience in the urgent care department at Queen Elizabeth Hospital thanks to a cash injection from the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The £462,000 donation has been used to enhance the streaming service which helps patients get the right care at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich when they visit A&E, with […]

Resident doctors are on strike from Wednesday 17 December to Monday 22 December.

Our hospitals will be very busy. Please see below for guidance on how to get the help you need.

On 10 December 2025, the Civic Suite in Catford hosted the Integrated Neighbourhood Development Marketplace – an event that brought together partners from across Lewisham to share ideas, build connections and explore how we can work more closely to improve health and wellbeing. The marketplace featured stalls from a wide range of services and programmes, […]

Lambeth’s Annual Public Health Report 2025 focuses on food justice – the principle that everyone has the right to affordable, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food. It highlights how food insecurity in Lambeth is not just about hunger but also about access to food that supports health, dignity, and community. The report sets out a vision […]

The 2025 Southwark Annual Public Health Report, published in December 2025, explores how to tackle barriers to employment faced by residents with long term health conditions and disabilities. It highlights the scale of health-related unemployment and economic inactivity in the borough, and draws on evidence from academic research, local case studies, and stakeholders.  As part […]