The new Springfield Village is continuing to take shape ahead of its official opening at Springfield Hospital’s Summer Street Party on 5 July.

A number of road and access changes around the site will affect vehicular and pedestrian access over the coming months as improvement works progress.

Would you know how to help someone who’s struggling with their mental health?

It's important we make talking about mental health an everyday conversation. That's why Saffron, Kirt and Dani from South West London and St George’s Mental NHS Trust sat down to discuss how we can best support people struggling with their mental health, the signs to look out for and the NHS services available locally.

As part of the NHS 75^th birthday our Trust Running Club will be meeting at Tooting Common for their parkrun on Saturday 8 July, meeting at 08:30am.

Laurel and Rose Wards will this week move across from Queen Mary’s Hospital in Roehampton to Springfield University Hospital in Tooting as part of ongoing estate developments at South West London and St George’s.

SWLSTG is delighted to have been shortlisted for the Mental Health Safety Improvement Award at this year’s HSJ Patient Safety Awards which recognise the hard-working teams and individuals across the UK who are continually striving to deliver improved patient care.

The Design in Mental Health community turned out in force in June for the 2023 Design in Mental Health Awards to see the Trinity Building at Springfield University Hospital, London win ‘Project of the Year – New Build UK'.

In June, Springfield Hospital’s new Trinity building was highly commended in the Mental Health category of the European Healthcare Design Awards 2023.

One of the Trust’s occupational therapists has been honoured at a prestigious national awards ceremony.

The new Springfield Village is continuing to take shape ahead of its official opening at Springfield Hospital’s Summer Street Party.

The Trust’s pharmacy team have a new assistant who is more than happy to work out of hours, on bank holidays and even Christmas!

The British Medical Association (BMA) and the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association (HCSA), the trade unions for doctors in the UK, have announced that their members will be participating in strike action from 7am on Wednesday 14th June – 7am on Saturday 17th June. This will include some of the junior doctors who work in our Trust. 

This week is Carers Week, an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities throughout the UK. The 2023 Theme of Carers Week is ‘Recognising and supporting carers in the community’ and they have produced a toolkit of digital assets in line with the national campaign to support carers and those around them during the week.

Further to the recent communication from the Metropolitan Police Service regarding right care right person, we share the aim of reducing frontline policing hours spent looking after people who would be more appropriately supported by health or other professionals, or by carers and loved ones. We are fully engaged in the significant partnership work already underway to help us achieve this, including rolling out improved mental health crisis and S136 pathways, and implementing the NHS111 press 2 for mental health hub and S136 coordination hub across South London. 

The Trust’s specialist facility for children and young people who are Deaf, Corner House at Springfield University Hospital, has reopened.

We are proud to support Carers’ Week and invite carers, families and friends to join us in a selection of creative and social activities.