News and reports

In March 2024, Healthwatch Lambeth launched the Lambeth Pulse: a monthly survey exploring the views of Lambeth residents on a variety of topics across health and social care.

Healthwatch Lambeth has today published "Trust Mother's Words," a report based on a research project funded by SEL Local Maternity and Neonatal services (LMNS) exploring the maternity care experiences of women from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, refugees, migrant and asylum-seekers, women living in areas of high deprivation and women with learning disabilities.

Our newest Healthwatch Lambeth report examines the hospital discharge system and identifies potential improvements throughout the discharge process.

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

Our report from mental health service The Tree House

Our Annual Report for 2022-2023 is out now! See how your feedback on health and social care services in Lambeth helped us influence local providers to make things better.

Our latest report is out now! We met people with learning difficulties, autism and severe mental illness (and their carers) to discuss access to healthcare checks and Covid-19 vaccines.

Our Annual Report for 2021-2022 is out now! See how your feedback on health and social care services in Lambeth helped us influence local providers and make services better.

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.

Healthwatch' new research explores vaccine confidence amongst people from African, Bangladeshi, Caribbean, and Pakistani backgrounds. We want to understand these barriers to ensure key lessons are taken forward for future public health campaigns.

In October 2020, we held an online event with South London and Maudsley Trust (SLaM) and Black Thrive for local people to explore the inequalities linked to vascular dementia experienced by Lambeth’s Black communities.

We spoke to women who gave birth at King's during lockdown to explore in more depth how mothers have been affected by the pandemic focusing on their experiences of maternity care services during pregnancy, birth, and the early postnatal period.