The NHS in south west London is developing a new three-year all-age mental health strategy and we want your views.

On Wednesday 6 July our community will be coming together at Springfield to celebrate at our Summer Street Party.

There will be so much happening on the day including local food vendors with cuisines from around the world, stalls hosted by teams across the Trust sharing more about their work a range of activities including exercise therapy to get involved in.

The delivery of high quality patient-centred care is at the heart of everything we do. We aspire to provide exceptional care which is personalised and always takes into account the individual needs and preferences of our service users.

Be Well Hubs are launching around south London this week to help tackle the cause of mental ill-health, promote access to mental health services and support people in the community.

This autumn our Trust will be moving into two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital in Wandsworth.

Ahead of this we are inviting patients, carers and their families and friends to join our project teams to find out more about the upcoming move process. 

The Trust is proud to announce that its Specialist Eating Disorder service’s rating has been raised to a ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

TfL’s reliance on passenger fares for the majority of its income, means the effect of the pandemic on the operators finances has been devastating, requiring Government support to keep public transport in London operating.

The Government set a number of conditions before it would provide emergency funding to keep TfL operating, including requiring a plan to set out how it would achieve significant financial savings. TfL is now undertaking a detailed review of London's bus network in order to achieve these significant financial savings required by the Government.

Following several years of locally led development, recommendations of NHS England and NHS Improvement and Royal Assent of the Health and Care Act (2022), 42 'Integrated Care Systems', or ICSs, will be established across England on a statutory basis on 1 July 2022.

Volunteers’ Week takes place from 1 to 7 June every year and gives us a chance to recognise the fantastic contribution volunteers make to the Trust and say thank you to each and every single one of them.

 At SWLStG, we have over 50 volunteers who dedicate so much of their time to supporting not only our staff and services users, but also the carers and families of the people we care for. Our volunteers bring skills, knowledge and a desire to make a difference to our services and local communities.

We are pleased to invite you to our Annual Public Meeting which will be held online on Thursday 21 July, from 5:30pm – 7.30pm (login from 5:00pm).

We will be reflecting on our achievements and challenges from the past 12 months with updates from our Executive Team, before taking an in depth look at the modern new facilities we are developing across South West London. 

We will be joined by guest speakers including Dr Jacqui Dyer MBE, President of the Mental Health Foundation, as well as members of staff and service users to understand more about the new environments being developed, their role in breaking stigma and the wider impact they will have for the communities we serve.

The final part of the meeting will involve a Q&A session with our Executive Team who will be on hand to answer your questions.

Congratulations to Assistant Psychologist Elena Bantoft who is our latest Exceptional People Award winner! Elena joined the Trust six months ago and works as part of the Kingston Older People Community Mental Health Team.

The NHS remains open and here for local people who need urgent care and support over the Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend.

South London Listens has launched its second community survey to find out how the mental health and wellbeing of south Londoners has changed over the last year.

After a two year absence, you are invited to this year’s Making Life Better Together Summer Street Party at Springfield and Tolworth Hospitals – put the dates in your diary now!