Welcome
Looking for urgent medical advice or treatment?
A range of NHS services are available for patients in Southwark. If you do need to use a medical service, please use the most appropriate service to your need. For information and support registering with a GP in Southwark you can contact our Patient Advice & Liaison Service (PALS).
Remember to Choose Well!
What to keep in your home medical chest >> click here
NHS Direct 0845 4647
NHS Choices website >> click here
NHS Direct Health and Symptom Checkers >> click here
GP walk in centre >> click here
Emergency out of hours medical and dental care >> click here
Find out more about your GP practice at myhealthlondon >> click here
NHS Continuing Healthcare
On 15 March 2012, the Department of Health announced that they were introducing deadlines, by which time people must ask for an assessment to be carried out. These dealines are for cases during the period 1 April 2004 to 31 March 2012.
If you think you or someone you know might be eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare, but where there are un-assessed periods of care, get in touch with our Continuing Healthcare Team.
Find out more >> click here.
Health Services in Dulwich: Share your views
NHS Southwark is developing plans for health services in the Dulwich area, and wants to speak with local residents from February to early May this year. We are very happy to come and discuss our ideas and listen to your views at your groups and meetings, contact us by following the link below.
More information about our ideas for health services in Dulwich and our survey can be found >> here.
Choose Well
A campaign has been launched by the NHS to help people choose the right place to get NHS treatment when they are ill.
With the weather turning cold it's even more important to choose well as it's a time when all NHS services are under pressure. When you use the right services you will not only get help you need quickly and efficiently, you will also be helping the NHS to use its money to provide other services that you, your friends and family may need to use another day.
More information here.
Be Clear on Lung Cancer
Lung cancer is England’s biggest cancer killer, claiming over 28,000 lives a year.
It has one of the lowest survival rates of any cancer because over two-thirds of patients are diagnosed at a late stage. More lives could be saved if people were diagnosed at an earlier stage.
So if you’ve had a cough for more than three weeks you should see your doctor. Of course, in the vast majority of cases it won't be serious. But if there is something wrong, finding it early means it's more likely to be treatable, so tell your doctor.
Southwark Clinical Commissioning Committee
The next meeting held in public of the Southwark Clinical Commissioning Committee (SCCC) will be on Thursday 7 May 2012, 2 - 5pm at 160 Tooley Street.
More information about SCCC can be found >> here
