News and reports

Following an early report about the experiences of seldom-heard communities in accessing GPs, we carried out a review of GP out-of-hours answerphone messages.

In December 2015, we published a report based on what 79 Southwark residents told us about GP access and experience.

We held a public forum on 15th September at Canada Water Library. 67 people attended the event, with 15 people subsequently registering as new
supporters of Healthwatch Southwark.

We held a public forum on 10th June at Cambridge House. 73 people attended.

We held a public forum on 15th March to a total of 70 people, including Southwark residents and representatives

Sexual health was identified as a priority area for Healthwatch Southwark. We held a focus group with Mind charity to understand where young people turn to find information about sex and what their experience are of accessing sexual health services.

Approximately 50 including residents, representatives from voluntary and community organisations and statutory services attended our event to gain insight into health and social care commissioning and integration in Southwark

We held a public event to inform Supporters & Stakeholders about Adult Social Care within Southwark Council and gain feedback on the real-life case studies.

The session was conducted in Spanish, led by Latin American Women’s Rights Service (LAWRS) with staff support from Coalition of Latin Americans in the UK (CLAUK) and Healthwatch Southwark.

We worked with Southwark Council’s engagement team to visit a Bengali Women’s Group at the Rockingham Community Centre, to explore engagement opportunities to understand the issues this community faces when accessing health and social care services

We held an event on Tuesday 17th December 2013, to update Supporters & Stakeholders about the work of Healthwatch Southwark since the launch in June 2013 and gain feedback on the four priorities.

This provides a snapshot of the participants, speakers and discussions that took place at the
Healthwatch Southwark Launch on the 26th June 2013.