News and reports

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.

Healthwatch Lambeth engaged with children and young people aiming to hear their views on the Lambeth Council’s SEND and Inclusion Strategy.

We spoke to social care staff about the health assessment process of children who are in the care of Lambeth Council. The aim was to identify how the service could be improved and reduce delays in assessments.

Welcome to our 2019-2020 Annual Report. Our vision is that Lambeth people have their health and care needs heard, understood and met. Find out what we've achieved in 2019/20 to make this happen, and what we've got planned for next year.

In September and October 2019 we carried out enter and view visits at three local care homes run by Excelcare, following a quality and safety review by Lambeth Council which indicated improvement was needed.

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

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.

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.