News and reports

The Community Connectors is one of two programmes in Project Smith, an NHS funded community development programme. It is for Lambeth residents who are active in their community or would like to be active in their community.

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

Read our past newsletter issues below.

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.

A couple of months ago we published a report on perinatal mental health in Lambeth. We looked at the experience of mothers during pregnancy and after giving birth – and the support they received. Here's what we've done with the findings

What you have told us about local health and care services between April – September 2019.

A number of Lambeth residents have voiced their concern that proposals for "Our Healthier South East London", the regional coordinator of the national NHS Long Term Plan. People worry that proposals will have a major impact on Lambeth's autonomy.

In September and October we’re carrying out Enter and View visits into three care homes that are providing block contract beds for Lambeth Council. This will support Lambeth Council’s improvement plans for the care homes.

This research explored the experience of mothers from Lambeth with mild to moderate mental health problems during the perinatal stage, before and after giving birth, and what support was available to them.

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

Four questions staff should ask you or a loved one about your oral health if you’re a care home resident, according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence quick guide.

In partnership with the Lambeth Council and Lambeth Made we evaluated the Early Help pilot in Streatham. Reframing Early Help Programme aims to improve the Early Help offer to enable families to receive high quality, whole-family support.

The NHS Long Term Plan shows how the NHS will spend additional funding in the next ten years. This research aimed to gather views and experiences of people in South east London to support local implementation of the NHS Long Term Plan.