Welcome

New website arrangements for NHS Lambeth 

On 1 April 2011 NHS South East London was established as the transitional body covering Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark Primary Care Trusts and Bexley Care Trust. This change has been made as part of delivering the Government’s reforms to the NHS.

The NHS South East London website is currently under development, in the meantime, this PCT website will only be updated with very urgent information. In order to get the latest updates (including news, Board papers etc), please click here to go to the NHS South East London site.

NHS South East London covers a population of 1,568,000, which is projected to grow by 1.7 % by 2018. There are four acute hospital trusts, two of which are Foundation Trusts, two mental health Foundation Trusts, and a diverse and active community sector. An Academic Health Sciences Centre consisting of Guy’s and St Thomas’, King’s, South London and Maudsley and King’s College London has also been formed. There are 271 GP practices and six community care providers, five of which are integrating (or have integrated) with local NHS providers and one is becoming a social enterprise. For more information, please email selcommunications@nhs.net

Together we're better

From 1 April, Lambeth and Southwark NHS communnity services are integrating with Guy's and St Thomas'. This means that community services staff, and staff at local hospitals, will work together to deliver a higher standard of care to our patients.

If you are an existing patient receiving support from community services, you will not notice any immediate changes. You will continue to receive the same care and see the same staff.

In future, you will need to look at the Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Fuondation Trust website (www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk) for information about services and patient liaison. 

 Choose Well, Stay Healthy

Even though it's now April and spring is officially here, you need to know how to look after your health, and the health of your loved ones, over these next few months. Click here for our top ten tips on how to Choose Well over the winter months.

NHS Lambeth is encouraging at-risk members of the community to beat the flu this spring by receiving a free flu vaccination. Click here for more information.

You can have a free flu jab if you are:

• over 65 years of age;
• living in a residential or nursing home. 
• the main carer of an older or disabled person. 
• have a long-term condition (such as a heart condition, kidney disease, diabetes, MS, cerebral palsy or other long-term conditions).
• are pregnant
  

People of all ages can have the vaccine at their GP, and those aged 16 and above (except those who are pregnant) can also get the vaccine at some pharmacies.

To see which pharmacists in Lambeth are offering free flu jabs click here.