1. The Care Act 2014

    Advice and Information -

    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.

  2. Two thirds of carers do not see lower standards of care during the COVID-19 crisis as acceptable

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    Research published in March 2022 by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) found that two thirds of unpaid carers view a lower standard of care during the COVID-19 crisis as unacceptable, even with the massive pressures that care services and carers are under.

  3. HWL Patient Experience Report Q3

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    HWL Patient Experience Report Q3 summarising patient experience gathered that quarter.

  4. Healthwatch Lewisham Annual Report 2021-2022

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    Healthwatch Lewisham Annual Report 2021-2022

  5. Ethnic Mental Health Carers Forum

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    Matthew Mckenzie presents Joint Bromley, Lewisham & Greenwich Ethnic Mental Health carers forum - Friday, 29 July 2022.
    Find event and ticket information below for more details.

    This is a forum for those caring for someone with mental illness from an ethnic background.

  6. Monkeypox Advice from Healthwatch England

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    Monkeypox Virus Advice

  7. LAS Strategy

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    Survey results on response time for 999 service, staff attitude for 999 service, communication for services, wait times for 111 service, and public education for LAS services.

  8. CQC report: Manley Court Care Home

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    A CQC report has been published for Manley Court Care Home, New Cross

  9. Healthwatch Lewisham Annual Report 2022-2023

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    Healthwatch Lewisham Annual Report 2022-2023.

  10. Creative Dementia Programme

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    Improving the lives of those living with dementia and their carers using reminiscence and the arts

  11. 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.

  12. St John Ambulance BSL Emergency First Aid film and resources

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    St John Ambulance have released a British Sign Language Emergency First Aid film, so that Deaf people know what to do if they find someone in cardiac arrest.

  13. Lewisham Foodbank

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    Upcoming centre closures in July, August and September

  14. Lewisham Healthy Walks

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    Lewisham Healthy Walks is a free programme of volunteer led walks that take place across the borough’s parks and greenspaces.

  15. Have your say! Shaping Lewisham to 2030

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    Lewisham Council are launching Lewisham 2030 which will set out shared hopes and ambitions for the borough into the next decade

  16. Make a difference today

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    South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust are running an election to fill 10 vacant roles in the Council of Governors

  17. Silver Sunday event at Deptford Lounge

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    Sunday 1 October from 2 pm – 5 pm, Deptford Lounge, 9 Giffin Street, SE8 4RJ


  18. We're Hiring: Project Officer

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    We are recruiting for a Project Officer. This is a community and office-based role, encompassing both face-to-face community engagement and outreach elements, alongside office-based aspects.

  19. Dance for Wellbeing at Greenwich Carers Centre

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    1 & 15 November, 10:30 - 11:30

  20. Ask Healthwatch Lewisham

    Advice and Information -

    With all the changes to health and care services, it's not always clear where you should go to report an urgent issue, to make a complaint or for further information.

  21. Vaccinations for coronavirus (COVID-19)

    Advice and Information -

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

  22. Personalised Care Plan

    Advice and Information -

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

  23. What is safeguarding?

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    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.

  24. South East London CCG launches new online engagement platform Let’s Talk Health and Care

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    Let’s Talk Health and Care, a new online engagement platform, has been launched by South East London CCG alongside the South East London Integrated Care System.

  25. Are you from an African or Caribbean background? Do you have Type 2 diabetes?

    Advice and Information -

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

  26. GP Referrals Focus

    Advice and Information -

    ‘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.

  27. Get Your Child's Polio Vaccine

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    As fears of Polio have returned to the UK, it is more important than ever to ensure that your child is protected.

  28. Patient Experience Report - Quarter 1 (2022-23)

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    Healthwatch Lewisham is proud to be presenting the Quarter 1 Report from 2022-2023. The report details the work we have done for the patient experience programme. This report is informative and gives great insight into the health and social care needs of the people within our community.

  29. 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.

  30. Meet Your Primary Care Team

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    Your primary care team is part of a wide network of practitioners and specialists dedicated to ensuring you receive the best care possible.

  31. HWL Patient Experience Report Q2 2022/23

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    Patient Experience report Q2 2022/23 summarises residents' feedback on health and social care services.

  32. Governor Elections 2023: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

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    Make a difference today and put your name forward to be a Governor of South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.

  33. Tell us about your health and what is important to you right now

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    This survey is to help the NHS and other health and care organisations in south east London better understand your views about your health, wellbeing and what is important to you right now.

  34. NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Patient Video

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    This screening video has been developed to support patients in South East London to complete their bowel screening FIT kit.

  35. New Transport service for vulnerable or disabled Lewisham residents to get to healthcare appointments.

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    Affordable, reliable, and person-centred door to door transport.

  36. Lewisham Dementia Support Hub

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    From the 1st April 2023 the new provider commissioned to deliver the service will be Alzheimer’s Society.

  37. Lewisham Dementia Strategy 2023-2026

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    Lewisham Council are consulting on their new dementia strategy and would like your views.

  38. The Experience of Outpatients

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    In 2022, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust (LGT) commissioned Healthwatch Bexley, Healthwatch Greenwich and Healthwatch Lewisham to jointly deliver an extensive engagement programme over six weeks to understand the experience of patients when using LGT outpatient services with a particular focus on access and communication.

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

    Advice and Information -

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

  40. Tell us about your health and what is important to you right now

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    If you live in Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham or Southwark NHS South East London would like to hear from you.

  41. Patient Experience Report- Quarter 3

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    Healthwatch Lewisham is proud to be presenting the Quarter 3 Report from 2022-2023. The report is a general overview of the work we have done for the Patient Experience programme, within the last three months and gives great insight into the health and social care needs of the people within our community.

  42. University Hospital Lewisham Patient Experience Event

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    Share your patient story and help drive improvements in Lewisham Emergency Department

  43. BHF Data Science Centre: Have your say!

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    Can you help develop a smartphone app to track heart health?