The first of hundreds of new trees was planted last week at Springfield University Hospital in Tooting.
South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust and its partners are working to create a new ‘Springfield Village’, which will include the development of a new tree-lined public park, mental health facilities and new housing for south west London.
South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust is celebrating five years since the opening of its Lotus Assessment Suite at Springfield Hospital in Tooting. The award-winning service, which was the first of its kind in the UK, opened its doors in November 2016 to provide an alternative to A&E for adults who need emergency mental health care.
Wandsworth MPs, Fleur Anderson, Marsha de Cordova and Rosena Allin-Khan toured South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust last week, visiting the Trust’s deaf service and the construction site of its new mental health facilities.
The perinatal mental health service at South West London and St George’s Mental NHS Trust has been praised by Richmond MP Sarah Olney for the work it is doing to successfully support new mothers who struggle with their mental health.
Actor David Harewood MBE joined Kojo Bonsu, a peer involvement worker at South West London and George’s Mental Health NHS Trust, for a special event organised by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) during Black History Month.
Last month NHS staff from South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust took part in a bricklaying event to celebrate 12 months to go until the opening of two new mental health facilities in South West London, that will be at the heart of a new ‘Springfield Village’. It comes ahead of a series of events happening across November to highlight progress on innovations and developments across the Trust.
A community-led action plan to prevent a mental health crisis and to promote recovery launched today.
South London Listens, a unique partnership between the NHS, local authorities, and community organisations today launched their action plan to respond to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the mental health and wellbeing of our communities.
Construction works have been taking place on sections of Springfield Drive between Storey Building and Elizabeth Newton Building at Springfield University Hospital over the past year.
These roadworks have now been completed and pedestrian access through the site has been restored.
It was a year like no other for the country, our public services - particularly the NHS - and millions of people affected, tooIt was a year like no other for the country, our public services - particularly the NHS - and millions of people affected, toooften tragically, by Covid-19. In mental health, as throughout the NHS, our people stepped forward and did all we couldto keep our patients, staff and communities safe. We are rightly proud of all our staff.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published a report today (Wednesday, 20 October 2021) following a focused inspection of four of the adult acute wards at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
South London Listens has been shortlisted in the Best Community Initiative category at the CorpComms Awards 2021.
In response to Covid-19, the three mental health Trusts in south London (Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLAM) and South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust (SWLSTG)) mobilised quickly, with our CCGs and local authority partners, to determine how we could protect our communities’ mental health. We have made incredible progress to form a two-year programme of prevention and recovery which will be published this autumn.
Find out more about how you can take part in workshops on the development of our community services, webinars and arts sessions marking '12 months to go' to Springfield Village, and consultations on our new digital strategy.
Our Black Mental Health Conference – Healing Our Broken Village – will be held at the New Testament Assembly in Tooting on Thursday 28 October, from 3-7.30pm.
Congratulations to Tafara Inniss, Charge Nurse on our Lotus Assessment Suite, who has been announced as a Rising Star of 2021 by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).