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What you need to know when visiting a care home (new guidance for COVID-19)
Take a look at what the guidance around visiting your loved ones in care homes means in practice.
24 July 2020
Advice and Information
Man in a care home
New Greenwich & Bexley Bereavement Help-Point service launched
Local Partners work together to launch new Greenwich & Bexley Bereavement Help-Point; a service which aims to provide timely and compassionate support for people who are bereaved at the most challenging of times.
24 July 2020
News
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Healthwatch responds to Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust’s Care Quality Commission inspection rating of ‘Requires Improvement.’
Despite significant improvement in some areas, Lewisham and Greenwich Trust has received ‘requires improvement’ in their latest assessment from the Care Quality Commission (CQC.).
10 July 2020
News
Photo of the entrance to Queen Elizabeth Hospital
An important message from Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is running a campaign to let local people know about the measures the Trust is taking to keep patients safe when they come to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospital Lewisham or community sites.
10 July 2020
News
A photo of Greenwich park on a sunny day, taken from a hilltop facing the Royal Naval College and Canary Wharf
Annual Report 2019-2020
Our Annual Report for the year 2019-2020- How your feedback helped us work to improve health and social care services in Greenwich over the past year, and what our key priorities will be for 2020-21.
30 June 2020
Report
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CAHMS Preliminary review follow-up
In 2018, we published a preliminary report on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in Greenwich. This report builds on our earlier work and follows up on how our recommendations have been addressed.
30 June 2020
Report
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COVID-19 information
Read the latest advice and information from NHS England and Public Health England about the Coronavirus.
16 June 2020
Advice and Information
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COVID-19 has disproportionately affected Black and Asian people according to latest PHE report
Share your story to help services learn and improve from the experiences of Greenwich residents from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic backgrounds during COVID-19.
12 June 2020
News
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New NHS online support launched for people with diabetes
New online tools for people living with diabetes are now available on the NHS to help people manage their condition during the coronavirus pandemic.
12 June 2020
News
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Insight on COVID-19: Support for vulnerable children
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.
30 May 2020
Report
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Local resident back roller-skating just two weeks after ICU Covid-19 treatment “I cannot describe in words how amazing the staff at University Hospital Lewisham are.”
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.
19 May 2020
Blog
COVID-19 Second Phase Response: What have NHS services been told?
NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE&I) have written to NHS services about the second phase of the response to COVID-19.
The letter repeats the message that the NHS is still open for business and highlights what has been achieved in the response to the pandemic by the NHS working closely with partners.
19 May 2020
News