1. Burgess Park Care Home

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    In 2016, one of our priority areas was social care.

    A focus of this has been to look at the quality of nursing care provision, especially after the closure of one of the three Southwark nursing homes in October 2015 (Camberwell Green).

  2. Our findings from Tower Bridge Care Centre - Summary report

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    In November 2018, Healthwatch Southwark used our power of Enter and View to visit Southwark's only public nursing home, Tower Bridge Care Centre.
    We spent six hours at the home over two days and spoke to 8 residents, 6 visitors and 10 staff members.

  3. What is the 'Red Bag' and what does it do?

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    The 'Hospital Transfer Pathway' or 'Red Bag' scheme, pioneered by Sutton Homes of Care, is designed to make emergency hospital visits safer for care home residents and to speed up discharge.

  4. COVID-19 vaccinations in Southwark

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    Find out how COVID-19 vaccinations are being rolled out in Southwark.

  5. Social care in Southwark

    Advice and Information -

    Find out how to access social care services in Southwark.

  6. South Asian community members needed for Breast Cancer Care project

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    Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine are looking for South Asian community members living with and beyond breast cancer and their family members or carers to join a public involvement project.

  7. Quarterly Insights Report- 1st July - 30 September

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    Read our latest quarterly Signposting and Feedback Insight Report, this report provides an overview of the key themes highlighted from community feedback and signposting enquiries we received from 1st July - 30th September 2022.

  8. Listening Tour – Can you help?

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    We are hosting a series of pop ups as part of our listening tour whereby the general public can share their experiences in health and social care settings and know that we will do right by them to share this information with decision-makers.

  9. Tower Bridge Care Centre

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    In November 2018, Healthwatch Southwark used our power of Enter and View to visit Southwark's only public nursing home, Tower Bridge Care Centre.

  10. Healthy feedback from our Healthy Futures in Southwark & Lambeth event

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    Healthwatch Southwark & Healthwatch Lambeth, along with partners from health and social care across both boroughs, ran an event "A Healthy Future in Southwark & Lambeth" on the 20th March.

  11. What young voices told us about mental health

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    Over the summer of 2016, we engaged with 114 young people aged 12-23, via workshops and surveys, to find out about their experiences of mental health education and information, access to services, and where they prefer to go for support.

  12. The NHS in Southwark is changing. Share your views and help to shape its future.

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    - This consultation is now closed -

  13. Thank you to all who attended the Faith and Health Summit!

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    Community Southwark, Healthwatch Southwark and Southwark Council hosted the Southwark Faith and Health Summit 2019, which launched their report and present findings from Health Challenges run by faith leaders in their communities.

  14. Young people's experiences of sexual health services

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    Sexual health was identified as a priority area for Healthwatch Southwark. We held a focus group with Mind charity to understand where young people turn to find information about sex and what their experience are of accessing sexual health services.

  15. Bengali Focus Group with Macmillan Cancer Support

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    We were commissioned by Macmillan Cancer Support, to run a focus group exploring the different ways the Bengali community access information – where they get it from and in what format and language.

  16. Bengali Women's Focus Group

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    We worked with Southwark Council’s engagement team to visit a Bengali Women’s Group at the Rockingham Community Centre, to explore engagement opportunities to understand the issues this community faces when accessing health and social care services

  17. Latin American Women's Focus Group

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    The session was conducted in Spanish, led by Latin American Women’s Rights Service (LAWRS) with staff support from Coalition of Latin Americans in the UK (CLAUK) and Healthwatch Southwark.

  18. Gypsy and Traveller Community Focus Group

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    Healthwatch Southwark spoke with Traveller women who reside in Traveller sites in Southwark, of which there are four: Springtide (Peckham), Brideale (Peckham), Ilderton (Bermondsey) and Burnhill (Peckham).

  19. Annual Report 2017/2018

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    During 2017/18, we have worked on three out of five of our priorities; Timely access to GPs, Going Home and Help in a Mental Health Crisis.

  20. Annual Report 2018/2019

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    This report reflects a solid year of work for the Healthwatch staff team and the support of the volunteers and members.

  21. Healthwatch Southwark - launch event report

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    This provides a snapshot of the participants, speakers and discussions that took place at the
    Healthwatch Southwark Launch on the 26th June 2013.

  22. Building Our Network - event report

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    We held an event on Tuesday 17th December 2013, to update Supporters & Stakeholders about the work of Healthwatch Southwark since the launch in June 2013 and gain feedback on the four priorities.

  23. One Year On - event report

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    Approximately 50 including residents, representatives from voluntary and community organisations and statutory services attended our event to gain insight into health and social care commissioning and integration in Southwark

  24. Healthwatch Southwark’s Public Forum: “Your Care, Your Services! – Issues to Solutions!”

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    We held a public forum on 10th June at Cambridge House. 73 people attended.

  25. Healthwatch Southwark’s Public Forum: “Everyone is treated equally” – Join the debate!

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    We held a public forum on 15th September at Canada Water Library. 67 people attended the event, with 15 people subsequently registering as new
    supporters of Healthwatch Southwark.

  26. Appointment systems at GP Practices

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    From October 2016 to February 2017 we spoke with 397 local people about what they thought HWS should focus on in 2017/18.

  27. Access and Experience of GP Services

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    In December 2015, we published a report based on what 79 Southwark residents told us about GP access and experience.

  28. Do Southwark GPs offer interpreting services?

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    Following an early report about the experiences of seldom-heard communities in accessing GPs, we carried out a review of GP out-of-hours answerphone messages.

  29. 'Spotlight on Social Care - event report

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    We held a public event to inform Supporters & Stakeholders about Adult Social Care within Southwark Council and gain feedback on the real-life case studies.

  30. Annual Report 2019/20

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    Find out more about our work and achievements over the year.

  31. Join the Healthwatch South East London Patient Group

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    We’re looking to appoint two new members from Southwark to sit on our Healthwatch South East London Patient Group.