The way the NHS and the wider health and care system is managed on a local level is changing, with the launch of South West London Integrated Care System (ICS) on 1 July. This means a bigger focus on partnership working, to help people live healthier happier lives and reduce health inequalities – unfair differences […]
Category: Merton
Transforming care for people with skin conditions
The South West London Dermatology Network was awarded £380,530 by NHSX in March 2021 to develop a new teledermatology service, using digital technology and specialist tools to improve referrals between primary and secondary care. The population of south west London is diverse so, to ensure this new service met the needs of local people, […]
Grassroots work builds stronger, healthier communities
If you’re a parent from the Polish or Eastern European communities in Wandsworth or Merton, there’s a weekly event you might find helpful. It’s the Friday morning play group at Colliers Wood Community Centre on the border between the two boroughs. Each Friday, between 10am and 12noon, the centre becomes a meeting place for parents […]
Merton Mencap film helps people get connected
A new film featuring Merton residents demonstrates how digital technology can enhance the lives of people with learning disabilities and autism. The film, produced by Merton Mencap, was released before Learning Disability Week (20-26 June 2022). During the week the charity aims to show how people with a learning disability are reconnecting with friends and […]
Merton’s fearless medics swing into action at charity abseil
A trio of fearless health champions, including two GPs, swung into action at a charity abseil at Wimbledon AFC and raised over £1,000 for the Dons Local Action Group. Dr Mohan Sekeram from Wide Way Medical Practice raised £180 and his abseiling partner, Barry Causer from Merton Public Health, raised £250 in their joint abseil […]
NHS ‘top tips’ for families to stay safe in sun over the jubilee weekend
With thousands of people ending up in hospital each year because of heat and allergies, the local NHS is calling on the public to help prevent children and older people falling victim to the extreme heat. People have been admitted to hospital because of heat-related including severe sunburn, heat exhaustion and sun- and heatstroke. Getting […]
Jubilee partygoers reminded about staying safe in hot weather and bank holiday NHS services
With thousands in south west London gearing up for a royal celebration outdoors the NHS remains open and here for local people if they need urgent care. If someone is struggling with their mental health, they should seek help via the 24/7 crisis lines – for Kingston, Richmond, Merton, Sutton or Wandsworth ring 0800 028 […]
Embrace a better life with the diabetes prevention decathlon
Imagine putting on your trainers and walking from London to South Korea. That’s the incredible total distance paced out by 28 Merton and Wandsworth residents taking part in the Diabetes Prevention Decathlon, an innovative 10-week programme to prevent people from developing Type 2 Diabetes. Between them, participants also lost 66.5kg in weight with one person […]
Merton’s Community Champions – supporting the transition to life beyond COVID-19
As life in Merton returns to relative normality, Community Champions are helping ensure it can be lived safely and fairly – by everyone. In 2020 more than 160 people in Merton stepped forward to become Community Champions. During the most intense phases of the pandemic they met weekly, online with the borough’s public health team […]
AGE UK Merton offers older residents an MOT for life
The pile of pain relief tablets heaped up on Pat Richards’ living room table tells its own story. It’s over 40 years since Pat damaged her back lifting a care home resident out of bed. Cortisone injections, physiotherapy and daily painkillers help to mask some of the pain. But this patchwork medical solution can never […]