1. Job Vacancy: Patient Safety Partner, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

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    Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust (LGT) are looking for a Patient Safety Partner to help shape the future of patient safety.

  2. St Christopher’s 'What Matters Most' Campaign, 25/26 June

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    St Christopher’s are running ‘What Matters Most’ an online fundraising campaign (a bit like Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day). It’s called What Matters Most because this is the first question their patients are asked when they come under their care.

  3. Lewisham Local’s Foraging, Food Growing and Cooking Activities Small Grants

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    6 small grants of up to £325 to support foraging, food growing and/or cooking activities for groups that work with communities facing inequity.

  4. Free support with Form-filling and simple legal advice

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    Need support with writing a formal letter? Struggling to complete a form? Looking for simple legal advice?

  5. Health services during strike action

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    Junior Doctors are striking from Thursday 13 to Tuesday 18 July, and then Consultants are striking on Thursday 20 and Friday 21 July.

  6. Q1 Patient Experience Report 2023/24

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    From April to June 2023, Healthwatch Lewisham compiled over 1,000 reviews on patient experiences in GPs, hospitals, and other health services. Lewisham residents responded to how they were treated by hospital staff, quality of treatment, and appointment availability.

  7. Q2 Patient Experience Report - July - September 2023

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    From July – September 2023, Healthwatch Lewisham has compiled over 1,000 reviews of and conducted over 40 visits to local healthcare services. Lewisham residents responded to how they were treated by hospital staff, quality of treatment, and appointment availability

  8. See hear now

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    Healthwatch Lewisham is proud to share our See Hear Now report which explores issues of access to health and wellbeing services for people with sensory impairments and learning disabilities.

  9. The Polish community access to health services

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    Through this report, Healthwatch Bromley and Lewisham draws attention to the experiences of access to health and social care services faced by members of the Polish community living in Lewisham.

  10. The Refugee community and access to health services

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    Through this report, Healthwatch Lewisham draws attention to the experiences of access to health and social care services faced by members of the refugee community living in Lewisham.

  11. The Tamil community and access to health services

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    Through this report, Healthwatch Lewisham draw attention to experiences of access to health and social care services faced by members of the Tamil community living in Lewisham.

  12. The Turkish community and access to health services

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    Through this report, Healthwatch Lewisham draws attention to the experiences of access to health and social care services faced by members of the Turkish community living in Lewisham.

  13. The Vietnamese community and access to health services

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    Through this report, Healthwatch Bromley and Lewisham draw attention to experiences of access to health and social care services faced by members of the Vietnamese community living in Lewisham.

  14. 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.

  15. Pride Month: Rainbow Memory Cafe

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    June is Pride month - a month dedicated to celebrating LGBTQ+ communities all around the world.

  16. National HIV Testing Week (5th-11th February 2024)

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    National HIV Testing Week is celebrating 10 year of campaigning to increase testing in the UK.

  17. 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.