1. Lewisham health services during coronavirus (COVID-19)

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    Find out how health services are changing in response to coronavirus (COVID-19) and what that means for your care.

  2. AskFirst NHS App

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    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.

  3. GP Referrals Focus

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    ‘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.

  4. What is a Patient Participation Group (PPG)?

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    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.

  5. How GPs are set up - An explainer by King's Fund

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    King's Fund developed helpful information about how GPs in England are set up and commissioned.

  6. Wellbeing Map

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    An interactive Wellbeing Map packed with local activities, events and locations in South East London has been produced.

  7. South East London Childhood Immunisations

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    The best way to help protect your child against severe illness from polio, flu, measles, mumps, rubella, and other childhood diseases is to get them up to date with their routine vaccinations.

    If you or your child are not registered with a GP, they can still get free vaccinations – contact a GP surgery.

  8. Bowel Cancer Awareness Month

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    Do you #KnowTheHigh5 symptoms of bowel cancer?

  9. Tell us your feedback, help NHS and social care to improve and ‘Win the price voucher’.

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    We are inviting feedback from Lewisham residents about their experience of GPs, Pharmacies, and local Hospitals.

  10. Phoenix Community Housing: Health and Wellbeing Fair

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    Phoenix Community Housing are hosting a free Health and Wellbeing fair, with access to health and wellbeing advice, careers support, fitness information, wellbeing activities and more! Healthwatch Lewisham will also be there on the day with an information stall.

  11. The Accessible Information Standard - What you can expect from services

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    A year ago the Accessible Information Standard came into force. It requires any organisation providing NHS or social care to communicate in a way that everybody can understand. Here's a reminder of what you should expect.