1. Enter & View: Mental Health Community Services

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    We carried out an Enter and View to take a closer look at community-based mental health services. The project was based on a recognition of the large numbers of people who rely on primary care and community services as an important means of support.

  2. Early Experiences on Project Smith

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    We carried out an evalution of the first two years of Project Smith, where local people worked together with NHS Lambeth CCG and Lambeth Council, recognising that the community and people are the assets and key to good health and wellbeing.

  3. ‘Going Home’ Pilot Project Learning and Next Steps

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    A pilot project aimed to test out an approach for building a picture of older people’s experiences of health and social care services following a stay in hospital.

  4. Care at home that puts people more in control

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    Over the past year, we have been working with Lambeth Council on a project looking into how home care can be improved. The aim was to use design approaches to find ways for home care to be more joined up with other services and to empower people.

  5. Help Us Understand the Impact of Neighbourhood Nursing

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    Healthwatch Lambeth and GSTT work together to assess benefit of new Neighbourhood Nursing scheme

  6. Age UK Lambeth Launches New Welcome Home from Hospital Service

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    Services include minor adjustments to home and link ups with other community services

  7. Continuing Healthcare Report

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    The latest Healthwatch Lambeth report explores the experiences of service users and carers when applying for NHS Continuing Healthcare funding.

  8. What should you expect from home care services?

    Advice and Information -

    The number of people being cared for in their own homes is increasing but what should you expect from home care services?

  9. Where can I go to get help for my health out of hours?

    Advice and Information -

    Health issues unfortunately don't leave us alone at the weekend and people are often in need of medical assistance out of hours. Using NHS guidelines, we have provided some advice and information on where you can go for help when your GP is closed.

  10. Do you need help getting to hospital?

    Advice and Information -

    Find out what support is available to help you travel to your hospital appointments.

  11. Thinking about end of life care for you and your family

    Advice and Information -

    End of life care is support for people who are in the last months or years of their life. Resources on advance care planning, and the guidance on the NHS website helps you know what to expect, how to plan ahead and how to manage your decisions.

  12. Accessibility checklist for GP surgeries

    Advice and Information -

    Help make sure that your practice meets people’s accessibility requirements using this checklist from Healthwatch Slough.

  13. Sunflower lanyards – supporting people with hidden disabilities

    Advice and Information -

    Guy’s and St Thomas’s have launched a sunflower lanyard for their patients and staff. The sunflower lanyards are for people who have a disability that you might not be able to see, and for people who might need extra help.

  14. Lambeth Datanet: Individual Patient Registration Profile Community Consultation

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    Lambeth DataNet (LDN) was created in 2006 by Lambeth GPs with an interest in tackling health inequalities, by using anonymous information from GP patient records. As the steering group proposed to add characteristics from the Equality Act 2015

  15. LambethDataNet Community Engagement

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    Lambeth DataNet (LDN) was created in 2006 by Lambeth GPs with an interest in tackling health inequalities, by using anonymous information from GP patient records. This activity looked at promoting transparency in how the patient data in being used.

  16. Lambeth Learning Disability Assembly - Newsletters

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    Here you can find all past issues of the LLDA newsletter. The newsletter has useful information for Lambeth people with Learning disabilities. It also introduces new services and talks about issues that local people with learning disabilities share.

  17. What's your experience with NHS administration?

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    Have you had problems with booking appointments or written correspondence with the NHS? Do you have views on how this should be improved? We want to hear how people's care experience has been affected by poor NHS administration.

  18. Know your Covid-19 rights and care choices

    Advice and Information -

    Even in these difficult times, it’s important to understand your rights and care options so that you can make informed decisions and get the support you need during the coronavirus pandemic. 

  19. Have your say during Dying Matters Week

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    It’s Dying Matters Week 11th-17th May, an annual national awareness-raising week which aims to promote the importance of talking about death and dying.

  20. Healthwatch Lambeth newsletters

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    Our monthly newsletter aims to keep you updated about local health and social care services, support available in the community, changes happening as well as opportunities for Lambeth people to #HaveYourSay.
    Read our past newsletter issues here.

  21. Help for people with health conditions to look for employment

    Advice and Information -

    Central London Works (CLW) is a voluntary employment support programme designed to help residents of London boroughs including Lambeth, with a health condition (or who are long-term unemployed) manage their health conditions and look for employment.

  22. Video: Introducion to Healthwatch Lambeth

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    For this year's virtual Lambeth Country Show, we've put together a short video explaining what we do and why we want to hear from YOU!

  23. Free Lambeth service to record your future treatment and care wishes

    Advice and Information -

    Has covid-19 made you think about what care and treatment you would or wouldn’t want if you became very unwell? Lambeth residents can get free help to record your future wishes now in an advance care plan.

  24. EU Settlement Scheme- help for local residents

    Advice and Information -

    Help is available for Lambeth residents who need to complete an application for the EU Settlement Scheme. 

  25. Our Annual Report 2020-21

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    Find out in our Annual Report about how we have made a difference for people in Lambeth, our resources and how we have engaged and supported people in 2020-21.

  26. Staying well through winter: be prepared

    Advice and Information -

    Winter can be a challenging time. Viruses spread more easily. Cold and damp weather can aggravate existing health problems and make us more vulnerable to respiratory infections. But there’s lots you can do to prepare yourself and stay well.

  27. Putting people's wishes at the heart of care

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    Most people leave it too late to make their wishes known. Our work on advance care planning gives local people and services the tools they need to talk about the care and treatment that’s right for them.

  28. Annual Report 2021/2022

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    Our Annual Report for 2021/22 is out now! See how your feedback on health and social care services in Lambeth helped us influence local providers and make services better.

  29. Join Us At Our Autumn Outreach Events

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    Come and meet members of the Healthwatch Lambeth team and discuss your experience of healthcare in the borough

  30. NHS urges parents to book children in for essential MMR vaccination

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    NHS to remind parents and carers of routine MMR vaccinations for children with information campaign beginning next week

  31. Children Aged 1-9 Offered Polio Vaccine in Lambeth

    Advice and Information -

    Find a Polio vaccination site near you

  32. NHS Urges Six Million People to get Covid Booster Jab

    Advice and Information -

    At risk groups and over 65s to be reminded about Covid-19 autumn booster next week

  33. NHS launches new online site finder for Monkeypox vaccines

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    NHS launches a new online vaccine site finder to make it as easy as possible for eligible people to get monkeypox jab

  34. The Survivors Trust and Brook Collaborate on #CheckWithMeFirst project

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    Organisations collaborate on #CheckWithMeFirst project to help raise awareness of the challenges that young survivors of sexual abuse, assault and trauma may face when accessing healthcare appointments

  35. NHS Offers Second Monkeypox Vaccinations to Eligible Residents

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    Almost 68,000 people have been vaccinated against monkeypox since the first cases in this outbreak were identified in England in May this year

  36. Rollout of testing at A&E sites identifies hundreds of new HIV and Hepatitis cases

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    NHS programme identifies conditions and helps patients seek early treatment

  37. Group A Strep – What do I Need to Know?

    Advice and Information -

    A short guide for parents and carers

  38. Nursing Strikes – What Do I Need to Know?

    Advice and Information -

    A short guide on the Royal College of Nursing strikes in December 2022

  39. Safeguarding in Lambeth

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    Our guide on safeguarding for adults and children in Lambeth