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South London Listens — impact report and action plan published

South London Listens is a collaboration of thousands of people, and a wide range of organisations, to address challenges that affect the health and wellbeing of people in south London — and to bring about real change. They have just published their South London Listens Impact report 2021-23 and plan of action 24-25. Alongside this […]

22 Jul 2024
Developing the Integrated Neighbourhood Programme in Lewisham

Lewisham Health and Care Partnership (LHCP) hosted an Integrated Neighbourhood Programme Market Engagement Event on Thursday 5 September. The event, held at the Civic Centre, was attended by key stakeholders from Lewisham Council, ICB, Lewisham and Greenwich Trust, South London and Maudsley, Healthwatch and Voluntary Community Sector leaders. It was an opportunity for all partners […]

18 Sep 2024
Our Transformation Plan for children and young people’s mental health and emotional wellbeing services

SEL ICB has published its transformation plan for children and young people’s mental health and emotional wellbeing services in south east London. Our aim is to support service improvements that will benefit children and young people, their parents and carers across our six boroughs. The NHS works with partners across south east London to deliver […]

13 Sep 2024
SELnet is live

SELnet is a new, central source of information for primary care in south east London. It launched on Monday 9 September. SELnet has been developed by NHS South East London in response to demand from, and in close collaboration with, colleagues in primary care. It is an Extranet – a type of website that is […]

09 Sep 2024
Bromley child health service nominated for national award

Bromley Child Health Integrated Partnership (BCHIP) has been shortlisted for an NHS Parliamentary Award for the development of a multi-agency approach to developing and implementing integrated children’s triage and clinics in the borough. BCHIP was nominated by Orpington MP, Gareth Bacon in the Excellence in Primary and Community Care Award category. The winner will be […]

06 Sep 2024
An update on mpox

Earlier this month, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and a growing number of countries in Africa to be a public health emergency of international concern. This follows the rapid spread of mpox virus strain, clade 1. So far, no cases of clade 1 […]

30 Aug 2024
Information on the Synnovis cyber attack

On 3 June, Synnovis, a pathology laboratory which processes blood tests on behalf of a number of NHS organisations, primarily in South East London, was the victim of a cyber attack. Please see the latest impact statement, published by NHS England on Friday 13 September. For updates, you can also visit this dedicated NHS England […]

29 Aug 2024
Powering our partnership: the NHS commits to voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations in south east London

There are over 6,000 voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations across south east London. They are dedicated to delivering essential services, supporting underserved communities, and fostering a more inclusive, connected, and happy society. But despite their critical role, the VCSE sector has historically been underrepresented in strategic healthcare planning and supported to respond to […]

28 Aug 2024
Making the topic of immunisations fun with play and Makaton

This Makaton awareness day, we hear from Lydia Lings, qualified Makaton tutor and Director of SEND Support, about a project she worked on with South East London ICS to encourage uptake of childhood immunisations. For those of us with children, we have probably all faced the dread of having to vaccinate our children and that […]

28 Aug 2024
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