Highlights:

-Protect yourself and others in Lambeth

-Healthwatch Lambeth Annual Report 2020-21

-Get your Covid-19 pass with the NHS app

-Covid Vaccine clinics in Lambeth

-New recommendations from the Lambeth Climate Assembly

This month, we published our annual report for 2020-21. Find out about how we have made a difference for people in Lambeth, our resources and how we have engaged and supported people throughout the pandemic.

Over the past year our projects, recommendations, information services and volunteer program have:

•Helped to increase numbers of children in care receiving their initial health assessment on time.
 
•Increased knowledge and awareness of the importance of recording future care and treatment wishes as well as opportunities to do so.
 
•Led to further work on home care services with Lambeth Council involving residents in the decision-making process about the council’s future home care service provision.
 
•Increased recognition among local maternity providers about the impact of maternity service reorganisation on the mental wellbeing of women and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
•Improved knowledge and understanding of the COVID-19 vaccine helped people to make their decisions during the distribution in the borough of Lambeth.
 
•Collaborated with Lambeth Council to set up ‘Team Lambeth,’ a community led response to meet the needs of people shielding during the COVID-19 pandemic. We coordinated 1600 volunteers to deliver shopping, medicines and information to their homes and extend support to community and voluntary organisations.
 
•Improved the knowledge and skills of our volunteers through training and enabled them to support us with carrying out interviews, data analysis and writing reports. 

 
Our other achievements include

•Sharing insight alongside Healthwatch Greenwich and Lewisham on the experiences of Black and Asian communities in SE London during the COVID-19 pandemic to shape the work programme of the CCG’s Equalities Steering Group.
 
•Collaborating with the Lambeth Learning Disability Assembly to bring together adults with learning disabilities and their carers to learn about COVID-19, testing and the vaccine.
 
•Successful transition to remote working throughout the pandemic to allow us to continue our work.
Our year in numbers
We published 9 reports about the improvements people would like to see to health and social care services. From this, we made 24 recommendations for improvement.

37 % of recommendations we made last year have been acted upon, at the point where we reviewed progress including:

•Better health and care provision for people with mental health conditions.
•Improved communication between children social care and Mary Sheridan Centre.
•Comprehensive induction program and training for social workers working with Looked After Children.
•Care home recommissioning incorporates service users engagement in the tendering process.
•Plan to incorporate workshop recommendations for inpatient mental health support service at Kings College Hospital.

6 case studies and videos for the Care Quality Commission to encourage people to have a voice and raise their concerns.

With the project, we also strengthened our partnership with Age UK, Carers Hub, Learning Disability Assembly in proactively encouraging service users to speak about their experience of health and care.

Find out about our resources and how we have engaged and supported people in 2020-21:

17 of our 44 volunteers helped us to carry out our work.

Volunteers gave 32 days of their time

We employ 8 staff 50% of whom work full time. Our roles cover our engagement work, volunteer coordination, operations, management and a dedicated role to help us demonstrate the difference we make through our activities.

We received £269,615 in funding from our local authority in 2020-21, including a contract variation for volunteer co-ordination and a grant for the Lambeth Learning Disability Assembly.  This is the same funding as the previous year.

Don’t miss out on your FREE vaccine appointment in south east London.

Getting the COVID-19 vaccine means you can get back to doing all the things you’ve missed, as soon as possible. If you’re over 18 and live in south east London, you can book your vaccine appointment now.

COVID-19 vaccination walk-in and pop-up clinics

You can get your COVID vaccination from a number of walk-in and pop-up clinics in Lambeth:

There will be 4 more Astrazeneca vaccination clinics at Clubhouse Mosaic:

21st July 12.30 – 2.00

28th July 12.30 – 2.00

4th August 12.30 – 2.00

18th August 12.30 – 2.00

 The clinics are open to anyone using mental health services in Lambeth and includes those with learning disabilities and carers who are over 40.

Find out more here

Walk in vaccine centres are also available at the following locations:

Guy’s Hospital
Location: Burfoot Court Room, Counting House at Guy’s Hospital, Great Maze Pond, London SE1 9RT
Day and time: Monday to Sunday, 8am to 6pm
Booking information: Walk-in, no appointment needed
Further information: This clinic is for anyone age 18 and over. The Pfizer, Astrazeneca and Moderna vaccines are available at this clinic. Second doses will only be offered if it is at least eight weeks since the first dose.

You do not need proof of address, immigration status, ID or an NHS number.

St Thomas’ Hospital
Location: Gassiot House at St Thomas’ Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7EH 
Day and time: Monday to Sunday, 8am to 6pm
Booking information: Walk-in, no appointment needed.
Further information: This clinic is for anyone age 18 and over. The Pfizer vaccine is available at this clinic. Second doses will only be offered if it is at least eight weeks since the first dose.

You do not need proof of address, immigration status, ID or an NHS number.

Montgomery Hall, Kennington
Location: Montgomery Hall, 58 Kennington Oval, SE11 5SW
Dates and times
Wednesday 21 July, 12 to 7pm
Thursday 22 July, 12 to 7pm
Friday 23 July, 9am to 5pm
Saturday 24 July, 12 to 7pm
Sunday 25 July, 12 to 7pm
Monday 26 July, 12 to 7pm
Walk-in, no appointment needed. For +18s, first and second doses of AstraZeneca and Pfizer available. Second doses will only be offered if it is at least eight weeks since the first dose.

No proof of address, NHS number or immigration status required.

Streatham Place Surgery, Lambeth
Location: Streatham Place Surgery, 26-28 Streatham Place, SW2 4QY

Tuesdays , 9am to 12pm and 1 to 5pm
Ages 18+, Pfizer walk-in clinic, first and second doses.
Second doses will only be offered if it is at least eight weeks since the first dose. 

Wednesdays, 9am to 12pm and 1 to 5pm
Pfizer walk-in clinic, first and second doses, age 18 and over
Second doses will only be offered if it is at least eight weeks since the first dose. 

Fridays, 9am to 12pm and 1 to 5pm
AstraZeneca walk-in clinic, first and second doses.
Second doses will only be offered if it is at least eight weeks since the first dose.

No proof of address, NHS number or immigration status required.

These are walk-in clinics, no appointment needed. A booked clinic is also running at this time.

Copes Pharmacy, Streatham
Location: Copes Pharmacy, 570-572 Streatham High Road, SW16 3QQ
Day and time:
Mondays, 8am to 7.30pm
Tuesdays, 8am to 7.30pm
Wednesdays, 8am to 7.30pm
Thursdays, 8am to 7.30pm
Fridays, 8am to 7.30pm
Saturdays, 8am to 7pm
Sundays, 10am to 2pm
Booking information: Walk-in, no appointment needed
Further information: For people aged 40+. AstraZeneca vaccine. First and second doses for people who had their first dose at least eight weeks ago.

No proof of address, NHS number or immigration status required

Day Lewis Pharmacy, Brixton Hill
Location: Day Lewis Pharmacy, 110 Brixton Hill, SW2 1AH
Day and time:
Mondays, 8am to 7.30pm
Tuesdays, 8am to 7.30pm
Wednesdays, 8am to 7.30pm
Thursdays, 8am to 7.30pm
Fridays, 8am to 7.30pm
Saturdays, 9am to 3pm
Sundays, 10am to 2pm
Booking information: Walk-in, no appointment needed
Further information: For people aged 40+. AstraZeneca vaccine. First and second doses for people who had their first dose at least eight weeks ago.

No proof of address, NHS number or immigration status required

Queens Pharmacy, West Dulwich
Location: Queens Pharmacy, 107A Rosendale Road, West Dulwich, SE21 8EZ
Day and time:
Mondays, 10am to 6pm
Tuesdays, 10am to 6pm
Wednesdays, 10am to 6pm
Thursdays, 10am to 6pm
Fridays, 10am to 6pm
Saturdays, 10am to 6pm
Sundays, 10am to 5pm
Booking information: Walk-in, no appointment needed
Further information: For people aged 40+. AstraZeneca vaccine. First and second doses for people who had their first dose at least eight weeks ago.

No proof of address, NHS number or immigration status required

Westbury Chemist, Streatham
Location: Westbury Chemist, 84-90 Streatham High Rd, Streatham, London SW16 1BS
Day and time:
Mondays, 8am to midnight
Tuesdays, 9am to midnight
Wednesdays, 9am to midnight
Thursdays, 9am to midnight
Fridays, 8am to midnight
Saturdays, 8am to midnight
Sundays, 8am to midnight
Booking information: Walk-in, no appointment needed
Further information: For people aged 40+. AstraZeneca vaccine. First and second doses for people who had their first dose at least eight weeks ago.

No proof of address, NHS number or immigration status required

Guide to conversations about the vaccine 

Don’t forget our useful guide to help with difficult conversations about the COVID-19 vaccine. The guide contains some tops tips on how to prepare and plan conversations, listen, be supportive and understanding as well as links to further useful information about the vaccine.  

You can also find out more about the NHS vaccination programme and how the covid vaccines work on the South e

Lambeth's Citizens' Assembly on the Climate Crisis concluded on 3 July.

Assembly members developed and voted upon 13 recommendations for Lambeth's residents, organisations, businesses and the Council to tackle the climate crisis fairly, effectively and quickly.

The assembly members then had another week of online review to ensure the final recommendations were reflective of the assembly member's ideas.

We are so excited to now publish the final recommendations which are bold and ambitious and include:

-Lambeth Council, businesses and financial organisations to collaborate over borough-wide retrofit programme to be implemented in the next 5 years
-Energy efficiency targets to be set for developers and housing providers, with appropriate penalties
-Fines and rewards to ensure proper recycling by businesses and residents
-Green spaces to be created and reclaimed for biodiversity projects and food growing
-‘Just Transition’ commission set up to oversee protection of vulnerable groups in transition to net zero

You can view the recommendations in full and let us know what you think. Will you be taking action on them too? What will you do?