News and reports

Approximately one in ten people in Southwark have high blood pressure but only half know that they do. Left untreated, high blood pressure can lead to heart attack and stroke.

The NHS is offering the smallpox vaccination to people who are most likely to be exposed to monkeypox.

All children aged 1 to 9 in London are being offered a booster or catch-up dose of polio vaccine. The best way to prevent polio is to make sure you and your child are up to date with your vaccinations.

Read our most recent quarterly Signposting and Feedback Insight Report, providing an overview of the key themes we have identified from the community feedback and signposting enquiries we received from 1st April- 30th June 2022.

Read our latest report examining what our priorities should be for the upcoming year.

Read our report examining people's experiences of accessing GP services in Southwark after the lifting of the lockdown restrictions in July 2021.

Alzheimer's Society provides services for residents suffering from Alzheimer and forms of dementia and their carers.

Find out more about our work and achievements over the past year.

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has recently published a resource aimed at patients and carers for the Fracture Liaison Service Database (FLS-DB).

This week is both Cervical Screening Awareness Week and Learning Disability Week.

This is an opportunity to participate in a research study about your experiences and attitudes relating to vaccinations in pregnancy. It will be a relaxed and friendly chat with a researcher.

Only 2% of the population know all five of the gynaecological cancers. We need to Get Lippy to break down the tabboos around gynae health and save lives!