Advice and Information

The local ICS developed a handy page where you can find out up-to-date waiting times for hospital outpatient services in south east London NHS hospitals.

Patient Participation Groups (PPGs) are generally made up of a group of volunteer patients, the practice manager and one or more of the GPs from the practice. Each GP Practice is required to have a PPG.

‘Because We All Care’ encourages more people to feedback on their care. The next phase of our joint campaign with CQC is planned to start at the end of August. The phase will target people with long term conditions, and we will be taking a specific look at the barriers people face to getting specialist support via their GPs.

Organisations such as ours are aware this has been going on for way too long.

This offers an online self-management course for African and Caribbean adults with Type 2 diabetes.

A list of information and organisations with a downloadable guide at your convenience is located below.

Safeguarding means protecting people’s health, wellbeing, and human rights, and enabling them to live away from harm, abuse, and neglect. It’s fundamental to high-quality health and social care.

The Lewisham Wellbeing Map is an interactive, community-led tool to help people find local locations and activities where they can connect, socialise, be active or learn in the London Borough of Lewisham.

The AskFirst app supports patients to get the right healthcare they need at the right time. The app is available to all patients in Lewisham.

All London residents can now create a personalised care plan that works for them.

The NHS in England has published a ten-year plan setting its priorities for the future.

The Care Act 2014 is a law that came into action in April 2015 that sets out how people’s care and support is approached by councils.

Find out why vaccinating yourself against COVID-19 is important, how you can get vaccinated in Lewisham, and more.