News and reports

This briefing focuses on the recent experiences of vulnerable children and their families when accessing health and social care services during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Local resident Clayton Jean-Charles has been getting back to his hobby of roller-skating in Greenwich park – with this footage taken just two weeks after Clayton was discharged from University Hospital Lewisham.

NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE&I) have written to NHS services about the second phase of the response to COVID-19.

How blood products give patients new chances

We want to know how your experience of services in Greenwich is being affected during the COVID-19 pandemic.

We are pleased to announce our colleague Folake Segun’s new start as South East London Healthwatch Director.

An important update regarding the services available at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust during lockdown.

In the light of the current national emergency we are changing how we work, and what we do.

Please see the following information from Circle MSK:

Briset Corner Surgery, 591 Westhorne Avenue, SE9 6JX will be closing on the 31st March 2020. Patients will no longer be able to access primary care medical services from the practice after this date.

We investigated the breadth and level of information available to patients on GP websites and how easy it is to navigate websites to find information.

On Young Carer’s Awareness day, we visited a secondary school in Greenwich to speak to pupils who are also carers. We discussed their health concerns and how young
people can influence the design and delivery of services that affect them.