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Dementia is a disease of the brain and reduces the capacity of people to reason and make choices. So the UK and global response to Coronavirus 19 is particularly challenging for families and people living with dementia.

With the new Clinical Commissioning structure in place this month, our new South East London Healthwatch Director Folake Segun will ensure that the six Healthwatch across the region have a joint impact to ensure local people are represented.

We want to know what you think about our proposal to move adult inpatient mental health services from Lambeth Hospital, in Landor Road, Lambeth to new, high-quality facilities on the Maudsley Hospital site, in Denmark Hill, in Southwark.

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.