The six local Healthwatch across south east London are the independent enablers and champions of public and patient voice in health and care services. We build our knowledge of health inequalities from people and the diverse communities of south east London (SEL), as well as official data sources. We use our influence to make a difference, encouraging action at all levels of the Integrated Care System (ICS) to tackle health inequalities and transform services, such as general practice care, hospital care, dental care, care delivered in pharmacies, by optometrists and in people’s own homes to account.
We share information, expertise and learning, and work together to add value to joint conversations and activity while maintaining a strong and independent local voice.
We call our collaboration South East London Healthwatch (SELHW)
SEL Healthwatch are:
- Healthwatch Bexley www.healthwatchbexley.co.uk
- Healthwatch Bromley www.healthwatchbromley.co.uk
- Healthwatch Greenwich www.healthwatchgreenwich.co.uk
- Healthwatch Lambeth www.healthwatchlambeth.org.uk
- Healthwatch Lewisham www.healthwatchlewisham.co.uk
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Healthwatch Southwark www.healthwatchsouthwark.org
The South East London Healthwatch Reference Group provides added value and furthers the work of local Healthwatch with stakeholders in the ICS at a regional level and to strengthen South east London Healthwatch collaboration.
The Director, SEL Healthwatch
Folake Segun is Director South east London Healthwatch and brings patient and public perspectives, informed by liaison and joint working with SELHW. to the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS). The Director represents Healthwatch on the south-east London Integrated Care Partnership and agreed Integrated Care Board (ICB) Committees, Sub-committees and Groups. Through this work, Folake helps hold the ICB to account, through the appropriate governance processes and to facilitate the use of SELHW intelligence to ensure people's voices guide the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of services.
The table below reflects key ICS and ICB system level meetings attended by the Director South East London Healthwatch South East London Integrated Care System (ICS)
Name of Board/Committee
Integrated Care Partnership Board
The wider system partnership, which is responsible for developing an agreed health and care strategy for south east London and, along with the Integrated Care Board (ICB), holding the leadership of South East London to account for delivering the strategy and acting in a way that is consistent with it. You can read the Questions and Answers documents, agendas and papers for the Integrated Partnership meetings using this link.
ICB Planning and Finance Committee
A committee of the Integrated Care Board
ICB Quality and Performance Committee
A committee of the Integrated Care Board
ICS System Quality Group
A subcommittee of the Quality and Performance Committee
ICS Digital Board
A Board of the Integrated Care Board
ICB Engagement Assurance Committee
A subcommittee Clinical and Care Professional Committee.
ICS Population Health and Equity Partnership Advisory Group
An advisory committee of the Population and Health Equity Executive
ICB Equalities Committee
A Subcommittee of the People Board.
Data Usage Committee
A subcommittee of the Digital Board
ICS Information Governance Group
A subcommittee of the Digital Board
Engagement Practitioners Network
A network of engagement practitioners across the SEL system.
High Level Advisory Group for South London Listens
Programme Board (Mental Health Collaborative)
- More information on ICB governance can be read at https://www.selondonics.org/wp-content/uploads/NHS-SEL-ICB-Functions-and-Decisions-Map
- Read Folake's blog on how the SEL ICS is working with people and communities.
- South East London ICS Priorities can be found here.
- Take part in conversations about health in south east London by joining Let’s Talk Health and Care in SEL
- Click this link to read South East London Healthwatch Insights
Folake Segun, Director SEL Healthwatch can be contacted at folake@healthwatchgreenwich.co.uk