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New NHS campaign to reduce medicine waste in London

NHS South East London ICB has teamed up with the other NHS integrated care boards across the capital to launch a new campaign to help people only order the medicines they need and reduce waste. Nationally, it is estimated unused medicines cost the NHS £300 million each year – money that could be used to […]

02 Mar 2026
Showcasing outstanding local nursing: Meet award-winning nurse Teresa O’Nwere-Tan

Teresa O’Nwere‑Tan is an advanced nurse practitioner based in Southwark, south east London. She focuses on helping people stay well through early health checks and preventative care, which led to her winning the Nursing Times Nurse of the Year award last year. One of the things that sets Teresa apart is her proactive approach to healthcare […]

26 Feb 2026
Ashgreen House care home in Woolwich celebrated for exceptional leadership and workplace culture

A recent leadership support visit by Benny Okpor, Social Care Nursing Clinical Practice Development Lead for SE London ICS to Ashgreen House care home in Woolwich, revealed it to be an outstanding example of how meaningful investment in staff support, development and recognition is enabling both the care team and residents to thrive. What was intended […]

25 Feb 2026
Awarded Gold for championing LGBTQ+ health in Southwark

The New Mill Street Surgery in Bermondsey and Villa Street Medical Centre in Walworth have become the first two GP practices in Southwark to achieve accreditation under the Pride in Practice initiative, with an impressive gold level award. Pride in Practice is the LGBT Foundation’s accreditation scheme, working with primary care services to ensure LGBTQ+ […]

19 Feb 2026
Putting children first: Codesigning the future of children’s social care in Southwark

Safeguarding partners in Southwark are co-designing local reform of children’s social care in collaboration with frontline staff, safeguarding partners, children, young people and families to ensure their voices are at the heart of service design and the reforms are grounded in local context.   The team are keen to collaborate and learn from ongoing feedback and are therefore adopting a phased ‘test and learn’ approach. As part of this approach, the first group of Integrated Family Help Pilot teams started taking […]

19 Feb 2026
NHS South East London’s Consultant Connect wins Urgent Care Award

NHS South East London has been awarded Consultant Connect’s 2025 Urgent Care Award, recognising the outstanding success of our urgent community response telephone line that has been introduced across all six south east London boroughs. This year alone, the service has supported over 3,000 calls with an impressive 95% first time connection rate. This achievement reflects the impact of adopting Consultant Connect as our single point of access […]

17 Feb 2026
First Bromley Spark Session Brings Creatives Together to Share Ideas and Build Connections

Bromley hosted its first ever Spark Session at the start of February, bringing together people working across creative health for an afternoon of connection, collaboration and shared learning. The new Creative Health Collective series has been set up to spark ideas and build stronger relationships across the sector, giving people a space to explore challenges, […]

17 Feb 2026
South East and South West London ICBs joint Chair and Chief Executive appointments

South East London ICB and South West London ICB are pleased to announce the appointment, by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, of Sir Richard Douglas as the joint Chair for the two separate organisations. And, following the conclusion of our recruitment process, Andrew Bland has been appointed as the single, joint […]

16 Feb 2026
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