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You can find up to date information on Trust services as well as NHS advice and guidance and links to other national and local support resources.
We understand that there is a lot of anxiety around the safety of the vaccines. The coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines are safe and effective. They will give you the best protection against coronavirus.
A new community survey has just been launched as part of South London Listens to help find the solutions to the impact Covid-19 has had on the mental health of our communities.
We continue to see patients at all our sites, as well as in their homes, and have a number of measures in place to ensure our sites are Covid secure, including the wearing of face masks and coverings, deep cleaning, one-way signage and cleaning stations.
Estate Modernisation Programme latest
Get up to speed on this month's developments from the Trust’s Estate Modernisation Programme (EMP),
EMP is one key part of the Trust's Integrated Programme and is delivering new mental health facilities alongside main contractor Sir Robert McAlpine and master developer Springfield and Tolworth Estates Partnership as part of a new 'Springfield Village'.
As part of this, works have been progressing at pace on the development of two new facilities at Springfield University Hospital. Set to be delivered in 2022, these will help us to deliver the most modern mental healthcare in the country.
Overall the Programme represents major innovation and investment in our local communities - by 2024 it will help transform mental health services in south west London.
February/March 2021
Together with our construciton partners STEP and Sir Rober McAlpline, the Trust has launched a new programme of activities for local schools to take advantage of learning opportunities linked to the development of Springfield Village.
This includes work experience opportunities, a competition to design a youth 'hangout' shelter in the new park, and submitting artwork to brighten up the green hoardings on site at Springfield.
January 2021
Director for the Integrated Programme, Ian Garlington, kicked off the year by sharing his thoughts on the progress to date in the first of a new blog series hosted here.
December 2020
December saw the launch of a new competition inviting staff as well as patients, service users and members of the public to help us find names for our our new buildings.
We are for looking nominations that:
Find out more about the competition and how to enter here. The closing deadline is 31 March 2021.
November 2020
Works have continued onsite on the development of our two new state-of-the-art facilities, which are on track to be delivered towards the end of 2022.
Have a look at exactly what’s been happening recently below:
This month members of staff from our Lavender Ward also took part in a site tour to check out their future home.
Here’s what Matron, Gina and Ward Manager, Collen had to say onsite:
October 2020
Our Chief Executive Vanessa and Non-Executive Director Juliet Armstrong were on site earlier this month to check out the progress at Springfield on our new forensic and non-forensic buildings. Hear what they had to say about the view from the ground in this video.
Our construction partners Sir Robert McAlpine talked Vanessa through parts of the facade and how our new inpatient rooms will be set out.
September 2020
Following final approval in early 2020, and a brief pause in April as adjustments were made to accommodate new health and safety guidance, work on the Trust’s Estate Modernisation Programme has progressed at pace over the summer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcmL3Bm3uSk
New structures are sprouting up at Springfield and various areas of the grounds are being secured to make way for modern inpatient facilities that are fit for purpose; giving people the best chance to recover in the best environment. The new facilities will support staff to deliver outstanding care and will be sustainable for the NHS for generations to come.
We also welcome Ian Garlington as the Trust's new Integrated Programme Director.
Find more information about the development including the latest happening onsite on the Springfield and Tolworth Estates Partnership (STEP) website: springfieldvillage.info
To find out more information on our plan to invest in new mental health services please contact us using the details below.
Email: estatemodernisation@swlstg.nhs.uk
Post: Estate Modernisation Programme, Newton Building 3, Entrance 2 Ground Floor, Springfield University Hospital, 61 Glenburnie Road, London SW17 7DJ
Remote consultations in mental health webinar - learning from evaluation in South London
COVID-19 turbo charged use of video consultations in clinical practice. This webinar is co-hosted with the Health Innovation Network (HIN), drawing on its research across South London into remote consultations and their impact. It takes place on Tuesday 9 March, from 12 to 1pm. More information:
The event will cover areas including:
It will feature clinicians, digital specialists, Lived Experience Practitioners, academic experts and others, aiming to help inform online clinical practice. HIN research details:
https://healthinnovationnetwork.com/projects/remote-consultations-in-mental-health
Provider Collaboratives Quality Start-Up Summit
Clinicians from Adult Eating Disorders, CAMHS and Forensic services - including the independent sector - came together to start developing quality monitoring, measuring and reporting standards and a framework for the new responsibilities and accountabilities for care quality SLP has taken on from NHSE Specialist Commissioning through Provider Collaboratives.
Provider Collaboratives Update
The SLP Trusts continue to deliver transformational patient care programmes together, for Forensic (Adult Secure), CAMHS (Tier 4) and Adult Eating Disorders (AED) specialist services, as Provider Collaboratives. Building on the innovation and partnership working of SLP New Care Models programmes, recent developments include:
SLP Trusts take on major specialist commissioning budgets
More than £400 million commissioning budgets to develop and improve specialist services for local people were devolved to the SLP Trusts as our three new Provider Collaboratives (PCs) went live.
The ‘Fast Track’ SLP Provider Collaboratives for Forensic (Adult Secure), CAMHS (Tier 4) and Adult Eating Disorders represent three of just nine launched across England – highlighting the strength of our established partnership working, and putting us at the forefront of implementing new national NHS England policy.
The launch also reflects the impact of our joint Forensic and CAMHS New Care Models programmes, with the three Trusts working together in new ways to transform care, experience and outcomes for hundreds of patients. This partnership working culture - with a focus on improving patient outcomes - has enabled teams to deliver transformational changes, bringing care closer to home, in better environments, and fewer inpatient admissions.
The new policy and devolved budgets allow us to take decisions locally about how to develop and invest in services based on South London population health needs, through a clinically-led approach, with services co-designed with patients and partner organisations.
Clinical pathway programmes
https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/shared-forensic-pathways/
https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/forensics-central-referrals-hub/
https://www.england.nhs.uk/blog/transforming-services-for-forensic-patients/
Nursing Development Programme
https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/nursing-development-programme/
Nursing Times Workforce Award for Best Workplace for Learning and Development
Founding the SLP
Our three CEOs at the time explain some of the early aims and vision in coming together in as a partnership to collaborate in areas where we can improve care and outcomes by working at scale.
We are part of a unique partnership of three South London mental health trusts, bringing together clinical expertise, experience and innovation to benefit patients.
Colleagues from Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, and South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust collaborate where we can improve quality, use resources most effectively – and provide better care, experience and outcomes for patients and staff – by working together.
Working collaboratively and at scale across South London’s 3.6 million+ population means we can transform outcomes for people with specialist, sometimes complex, mental health conditions. We aim to be transformational in developing new ways of working; implement consistent best practice clinical pathways; and commission the right services to meet local population health needs.
Our Trusts’ clinicians, operational and corporate services teams; local, regional and national partners; and patients come together to co-design evidence-based approaches that deliver better care, closer to home for our communities. We aim to maximise value for the NHS, enabling reinvestment in enhanced and new specialist local and South London-wide services.
Major specialist areas of work where the three Trusts collaborate include:
More information and latest SLP news here
If you want to help us make a difference, please think about getiing involved with the Trust services.
Getting involved means that you will be helping the Trust to develop services that really meet the needs of people with mental health problems and their carers. You can also help us to make sure that our services are safe, caring, effective, well-led and responsive.
Anyone who has lived experience of mental health problems or has experience of caring for a relative or friend is welcome to share their expertise with us in a number of ways:
Training and support is available, so if you are interested do get in touch! You can offer as much or as little time as works for you.
We also have a volunteering scheme for anyone who is interested in supporting people with mental health problems.
If you are interested just contact us on involvement@swlstg.nhs.uk for more information
FInd out more about our involvement plan. Find out more
Site access changes at Springfield from April - August 2021
Construction has been taking place on sections of Springfield Drive between Storey Building and Elizabeth Newton Building at Springfield University...
Trust Welcomes new Medical Director
South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust (SWLSTG) is pleased to welcome Dr Billy Boland to the Trust as its new Medical Director.
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