Employment can play a huge role in someone's mental health recovery journey. The Individual Placement and Support (IPS) teams at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust help people with mental illness find and keep employment as part of their journey to recovery.

Members of the community came together at a celebration event organised by Merton Citizens on Saturday 28 January to celebrate the opening of 10 ‘Be Well Hubs’ within the borough.

Vicki Voumvoulaki has been named as our next recipient of the Trust’s Exceptional People Award, having been selected as the final winner of 2022.

Art can have a profound effect on a person’s mental health and their recovery from mental illness. That’s why when patient and artist Fenn felt inspired to paint, Seacole Ward’s manager Fran Pearce encouraged her to use the ward’s corridor wall as a canvas.

A first look around the newly opened mental health facility at Springfield University Hospital has been revealed in a virtual tour. To celebrate London’s Great Mental Health Day, Friday 27 January, South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust is inviting the local community to take a look around the Trinity building, the Trust’s brand new headquarters in Tooting.

The Trust’s adult eating disorders outpatient service is piloting a new team which will offer intensive support and treatment to patients in their own homes or in the community. The new Enhanced Treatment Team (ETT) will target patients referred for an inpatient admission and where appropriate provide intensive community support as an alternative. The ETT will also support patients’ discharge from our inpatient service Avalon ward.

• Call the Mental Health Crisis Line – 0800 028 8000 for support with a mental health crisis

• Call NHS 111 – for advice on physical health concerns

• Only attend A&E if you have a physical health emergency

It is an exciting time at South West London and St George’s. Following the completion of the new Trinity building at Springfield Hospital last year, over 500 patients and staff have been making the move to our new facilities. 

The Trust is proud to announce that the rating for its long stay and rehabilitation mental health wards for working age adults has been raised to ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

In December 2022, works finished on the new Trinity building at Springfield Hospital in Wandsworth! Watch our new virtual tour and check out the bright new wards, award-winning garden courtyards and vibrant artworks that feature throughout.

Wandsworth Council are developing a series of transport schemes in the vicinity of the Springfield Hospital site to improve the walking and cycling environment for staff, patients and residents as our new Springfield Village comes to life. 

As part of this they have launched a consultation on plans to upgrade walking and cycle routes on Burntwood Lane next to Springfield.

South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust has this month announced the completion of a multimillion pound mental health facility at Springfield Hospital in Wandsworth.

ieso is delivering a new online therapy for people aged 18 and over and registered with a GP in Sutton.

There are services open throughout the festive period offering mental health support and advice to people in south west London.