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Have you been on a waiting list for specialist eye care in the past two years? This could be a waiting list for cataracts, glaucoma, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, or eye surgery. Whether you’re currently on the waiting list or you’ve already received treatment, we want to learn about your experiences of waiting for eye care – good or bad.

Healthwatch Lambeth is thrilled to present its Annual Report for 2023-2024, detailing a year of significant achievements and ongoing commitments to enhancing health and social care services within Lambeth. As your local health and social care champion, Healthwatch Lambeth ensures that the voices of residents are heard by decision-makers, contributing to meaningful improvements in care.

To ensure children and young people with SEND in Lambeth receive the best support possible, Lambeth Council are conducting their second Annual SEND Family Survey to collect information and your views to improve support and services for children and young people with SEND. The council are interested in your views across education, health and social care for children and young people from birth up to 25 years.

Lambeth Council Adult Social Care is recommissioning its prevention contract. Preventative services are about supporting people to be proactive about their health and wellbeing. The aim of these services is to increase independence and reduce or delay the need for statutory care and support services. To shape the future contract, Lambeth Council would like to hear from you. Please share your views by completing the online survey within the webpage.

After we shared people’s experiences of being discharged from hospital, NHS providers are now working alongside patients to develop accessible resources to help patients and carers better understand what to expect and to be able to navigate the process more easily.

Synnovis, a lab services provider, experienced a ransomware cyber attack on Monday, June 3.

In March 2024, Healthwatch Lambeth launched the Lambeth Pulse: a monthly survey exploring the views of Lambeth residents on a variety of topics across health and social care.

The cost of living crisis has put many people under financial strain, and prescription costs are more than some can afford. Find out what help is out there to help you cover the cost of your medication.

Healthwatch Lambeth has today published "Trust Mother's Words," a report based on a research project funded by SEL Local Maternity and Neonatal services (LMNS) exploring the maternity care experiences of women from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, refugees, migrant and asylum-seekers, women living in areas of high deprivation and women with learning disabilities.

Need to find a dentist in Lambeth? Read on to learn how to access dental care near you.

Are you struggling to find an NHS dentist? The new dental recovery plan might help you get the dental care you need.

‘Share for Better Care’, a new campaign launched by Healthwatch, aims to help address health inequalities across England.