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Review an interpreting and translation service
Do you use an interpreting and translation service in GP surgeries, dentists and opticians? If not, why? NHS Southwark Clinical Commissioning Group (...
Improve the health and wellbeing of your staff and volunteers
Would you like to improve the health and wellbeing of your staff, volunteers and your working environment? The Healthy Workplace development...
Emotional Support over the Christmas period - Solidarity in a Crisis
The Christmas period can be especially difficult for people - Certitude crisis lines will be open to offer emotional support when needed most. They...
Community Arts Volunteers needed for Concert Programme
Breathe Arts Health Research (BAHR) is a social enterprise that creates, designs & delivers innovative approaches to healthcare. They are seeking volunteers to assist at their public concert programme 'Breathe Regularly'. Breathe Regularly is a series of twice weekly concerts in public spaces...
Free Wellbeing Workshops
Southwark Wellbeing Hub have 15 workshops running between now and the end of December. They're all free to anyone who lives in Southwark or who is registered with a Southwark GP. Most of them are also open to people who work or volunteer for community organisations in Southwark. Workshops include:...
CCG Report and Results on Extended Primary Care Service
In 2016/17, NHS Southwark CCG commissioned Deloitte LLP to undertake an independent evaluation of the Extended Primary Care Service (EPCS). The Extended Primary Care Service is a GP and nurse service available 8am-8pm, 7 days a week, via your GP practice. There are two sites based at The Lister in...
Patient Reps Wanted for Research Project
Researchers and clinicians at King's College London are looking for patient representatives to help with the development of an online treatment for anxiety/depression in people with long term conditions. Do you qualify? You are eligible if you are a patient with a long term condition, who have has...
National Hate Crime Awareness Week 2017
Nominate an excellent and innovative London project working to #EndHateTogether. In 2016, HEAR set up London's pan-equality Hate Crime network. It now has over 100 members, charities and community projects working to challenge Hate Crime and targeted abuse in London, across all equality streams. To...
Aviva Community Fund – Competition for community projects
Aviva Community Fund is seeking ideas for projects that will improve communities, under the categories of: Health & wellbeing, Skills for life, Inclusivity or Community support. Opening date: 12th September 2017 Closing Date: 10th October 2017 at 12pm How to enter: The application process is...
Community Southwark Research with seldom-heard groups
For the past year, Nathan Lewis, Outreach and Relationships Officer at Community Southwark, has been exploring the needs of seldom heard communities within Southwark and the organisations that support them. As a result of this, a range of different discussion events will be taking place over...
Consultation on Southwark's new Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy
Southwark NHS Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and Southwark Council have been developing a new Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy for the borough. The Strategy will set out how decision makers plan to use public money to help promote good mental wellbeing, prevent illness, and treat and...
Volunteering pilot in King's A&E
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded a grant to trial a volunteering programme for people aged over 50 in the Emergency Departments (A&E) at King's College Hospital Denmark Hill, and at Princess Royal University Hospital in Orpington. This is an intensive volunteering...
Focus groups on 'self-binding' advance directives in bipolar
A team at King's College London is working on a project exploring the use of a particular type of advance directive for people with Bipolar, a 'self-binding' advance directive. This would allow individuals with bipolar to request treatment in a future episode of illness when they know, from past...
Research priorities for King’s College Hospital
Would you be willing to be a patient or carer representative? Working with a team of researchers, academics and healthcare professionals working across King's College London and King's College Hospital. The goal of this initiative is to inform the trust wide strategy for discovering and delivering...
The London Clinical Senate is recruiting
London Clinical Senate's Patient and Public Voice (PPV) Group Recruitment The London Clinical Senate is recruiting new members to join its Patient and Public Voice (PPV) Group. This is an exciting opportunity for people who want to help improve health services in London. The London Clinical Senate...
Kitchen Social
Kitchen Social is a London programme convened by the Mayor's Fund for London. The Challenge - 500,000 London children struggle for food during the school holidays. For children from disadvantaged backgrounds, the school holidays can be a difficult time. With no free school meals or teacher support...
New treatment for Hepatitis C at King's
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is using a new therapy to treat hepatitis C in the local community. There is a high prevalence of hepatitis C (a 'slow burning' inflammation of the liver) in Lambeth and Southwark, with Public Health England figures suggesting that more than 6,500 people...
Help The Eve Appeal raise awareness of gynae cancer this September
It's Gynae Cancer Awareness Month in September please help support and promote it! The Eve Appeal is the only UK charity raising awareness and funding research in all five gynaecological cancers - womb, ovarian, cervical, vaginal and vulval. The Eve Appeal know that awareness of gynaecological...
Volunteer opportunity with Spinal Injuries Association
Spinal Injuries Association (SIA) have an event coming up 'Going the Distance' in London and they need the support from volunteers! If people don't fancy taking part in the event then they can just join as a route marshal, cheering participants on, handing out water and medals and most importantly...
Affected by diabetes? Tell @DiabetesUK
Diabetes UK wants to hear from everyone affected by diabetes in our area, as they put together their new Future of Diabetes report.Please take a few minutes to complete their short survey and make sure people in our area have their voice heard. Every response will be considered as they put together...
Opportunity - Patient and Public Voice SEL Cancer Alliance
Our Healthier South East London (Sustainability and Transformation Partnership) programme has some vacancies for voluntary Patient and Public Voices on the south east London Cancer Alliance, which they are in the process of recruiting for. They are looking for individuals with lived experience of...
Southwark CCG annual rating 2016-17
2016/17 Southwark CCG received an overall rating of 'good' This is the second consecutive year that Southwark Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) have achieved an overall 'good' rating – one of only two CCGs in south east London to have done so. Southwark CCG have also improved their rating for...
SLaM BME Volunteer Programme
SLaM BME Volunteer Programme is looking for volunteers Msaada, South London & Maudsley, (SLaM) foundation trust is looking for local, black and minority, (BME), volunteers to befriend BME service users in wards and local community. Find out more To find out a but more read the write up here and...
Most ASC services meet the ‘Mum Test’ - but CQC finds too much poor care
While the majority of Adult Social Care (ASC) services are safe and of a high quality and many are improving, too many people across London and England as a whole are living in care homes and receiving care and support in their own homes that is not good enough. Without a proper recognition of the...
Do you have experience of Community Mental Health Teams (CMHT)?
In the week beginning 17 July The Care Quality Commission (CQC) will be inspecting community mental health teams (CMHTs) for adults of working age provided by South London and Maudsley (SLaM) NHS Foundation Trust. If you have any information to share with the CQC about experiences of care and...
Drive to improve social care complaints handling
New Toolkit! Healthwatch England have launched a new toolkit to help councils, care staff and services work together to build a positive culture around complaints and the opportunities to learn from people's experiences. Healthwatch conversations with people show that when things don't go according...
Consultation on proposed changes to NHS prescriptions in Southwark
The NHS SOUTHWARK CCG are proposing changes to the prescribing of selected medicines and treatments in Southwark. They are reviewing their guidance for prescribing and propose that in future: NHS prescriptions will not routinely be provided for treatment of a range of short term minor illnesses and...
Volunteer Opportunity on Macmillan Support Line
Macmillan are currently recruiting for an intake of volunteers to take calls on the Cancer Information and Support Line, based in their office in Vauxhall, SE1. The closing date for applications is 6 August and volunteers are to start training in September 2017. Can you help us ensure no one faces...
