We know that it is important for people admitted to hospital to have regular contact with family and friends, however it is also vital that we keep people safe from infection while coronavirus continues to be in general circulation.

The Trust has been awarded with a Disability Confident Employer certificate (Level 2) until January 2025. This is part of our commitment to the Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES) and Making Life Better Together culture programme ambitions to reduce inequalities and make our organisation a great place to work. 

The Wandsworth Home Treatment Team has been awarded accreditation by the prestigious Home Treatment Accreditation Scheme (HTAS) run by the Royal College of Psychiatrists Centre for Quality Improvement.

South West London and St. George’s Mental Health NHS Trust (SWLSTG) is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the 2022 MLBT Community Partnership programme.

LGBTQIA+ History Month UK is celebrated every year throughout February. LGBTQIA+ stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, and the myriad of other communities, gender identities and expression that represents our staff, service users, patients and community. Organised by Schools Out UK, LGBTQIA+ History Month aims to increase the visibility of LGBTQIA+ people, their history, lives and their experiences, while raising awareness on matters affecting the LGBTQIA+ community and promote their welfare. This year’s theme is ‘Politics in art: The arc is long’.

The January edition of the GP newsletter is now available. This includes:

• New model of community care in Sutton starts in January 2022
• East Wandsworth CMHT Changes Update
• Wellbeing skills for families, friends and carers

In January we celebrated the work of our Peer Engagement Facilitators, who have been working as part of the Trust’s Involvement Team for the past 12 months. The Involvement Team is a small team comprised of people who have lived experience of mental health issues and of using mental health services. They help to make sure that our services and policies are led and shaped by the people best placed to know what works: people who use mental health services, their carers, family and friends.

South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust is delighted to announce that South London Listens has been shortlisted for Most Impactful Project Addressing Health Inequalities at the HSJ Partnership Awards 2022.

As works have continued at pace in 2021 on the development of Springfield Village, our construction partners will be closing down the building sites at Springfield Hospital for the festive break.

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

It was a pleasure to welcome Emma Wadey, Deputy Director of Mental Health Nursing at NHS England and Improvement (NHSEI) to Springfield Hospital last week.

Last Friday (10 December), Emma met staff taking part in the new Professional Nurse Advocate (PNA) training programme which NHSEI launched in March 2021, towards the end of the third wave of Covid-19.

On 9 December, Sir Robert McAlpine and South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust were invited to deliver a virtual talk focussed on mental health within the construction industry to Level 2/3 plumbing, electrical and carpentry students at Carshalton College.

Arts and mental health charity Hospital Rooms has today launched its most ambitious project to date in partnership with South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust. As part of the development of two new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, 20 major artworks have been commissioned to transform how hospital wards are experienced by patients and service users.

South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust has applauded its staff and teams by announcing the winners of its 2021 Quality Awards.

South West London and St George’s Mental NHS Trust has received the results of the CQC 2021 NHS Community Mental Health Survey, a national survey which looks at the experiences of people who use community mental health services.