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Christmas and New Year Bank Holiday days – how to get the help you need

Get the help you need if you or a loved one are feeling unwell

26 Nov 2023
Disruption to testing services in south east London

Members of the Unite union who work at Synnovis are planning to strike on 16-20 December (inclusive). Synnovis provides pathology testing services – eg. blood and urine tests – to GP practices, hospitals and other NHS services across south east London. This action is expected to have an impact on local NHS services where pathology […]

13 Dec 2024
Getting HIV patients back into life-saving care

Nearly 200 people living with HIV across south east London have been helped back into life-saving care, thanks to an innovative local NHS initiative. Launched by the South East London Integrated Care System, the project has seen 197 people living with HIV reconnect with vital treatment after a period of being out of care. Following […]

03 Dec 2024
Improvement to stroke services in Bexley announced

Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust and South East London Integrated Care Board announces improvements to stroke services for Bexley residents

02 Dec 2024
Working with METRO to support the HIV community in south east London

This week Kuba Krzyzynski, an HIV ambassador for the Terrence Higgins Trust and a HIV Peer Support Manager at METRO, shared great insights at November’s NHS South East London all-staff briefing. Kuba highlighted the work being done to support people living with HIV in south east London, particularly in Lambeth and Southwark – boroughs with […]

01 Dec 2024
One Bromley ‘Hospital at Home’ Wins LaingBuisson Award for Primary Care and Diagnostics

One Bromley’s Adult Hospital at Home service has been awarded the prestigious Best in Primary Care and Diagnostics title at the LaingBuisson Awards 2024 for its entry, ‘Transforming Community Healthcare: Innovative Patient-Centered Care with Hospital at Home.’ The Hospital at Home service provides hospital-level care to patients in their own homes, ensuring they receive the […]

28 Nov 2024
Care worker from south east London chosen for national campaign celebrating Nursing Support Workers’ Day

One of our brilliant staff from a care home here in south east London, features in videos made by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), to celebrate this year’s Nursing Support Workers’ (NSW) Day. Hannah, who works at St Mary’s Care Home in Lambeth, was chosen as one of just four nursing support workers interviewed […]

28 Nov 2024
Georgina Fekete joins NHS South East London ICB as Non-Executive Member

Georgina Fekete will join NHS South East London Integrated Care Board as a non-executive member on 1 December 2024. Georgina is a highly experienced leader, with over 25 years’ experience in health-related roles in organisations with international reach and impact, including the Forward Institute, United Nations, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation and the European Commission. Her work […]

25 Nov 2024
Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) is “everyone’s business”

We all know that women and girls have the right to feel safe as they go about their daily lives. Unfortunately, this is not the reality for many, who regularly live in fear of violence against them. VAWG, as set out by the United Nations, is any act of gender-based violence that results in, or […]

25 Nov 2024
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