We work with many organisations to offer a more holistic package of care and support to our patients. One such organisation is the Southwark Wellbeing Hub. They offer a wide range of services:
Southwark Wellbeing Hub
For enquiries, and to book workshops:
Call: 020 3751 9684
Email: southwarkhub@together-uk.org
Visit: www.southwarkhub.together-uk.org
Please use the link at the bottom for a catalogue of their May to August 2019 workshops which include sessions on
- cooking
- mindfullness
- managing Long-term physical health conditions
- yoga
- reading
- creative writing for beginners
- carers group
- and much much more....
Wellbeing Workshops Brochure May-Aug 2019 (PDF, 1.22MB)
Southwark CCG has commissioned Self Management UK to provide free courses to help you feel positive about your mental wellbeing or your long term health condition:
Mental health wellbeing
The courses are led by experienced facilitators, who have experience and an understanding of mental health conditions. The course is run in the community over 7 weeks with each session lasting three hours.
Making that first step is often the hardest. Each person attending will have the same worries and concerns as you. Each new group consists of ALL new participants – so we everyone is a first timer.
To book your free place or to find out more about self-management,
call on freephone 0800 988 5560 or 03333 445 840 (mobile friendly),
email at hello@selfmanagementuk.org
visit our website: selfmanagementuk.org
Further information is available on the links below:
Self Management for Mental Wellbeing (PDF, 933KB)
Self Management for Life Mental Wellbeing - 6 Week Agenda (PDF, 182KB)
Long-term health conditions
Do you want to manage your condition better?
Do you want to improve your health and wellbeing?
Do you want to feel more confident and in control of your health condition?
Self Management for Life say "Control your condition - Don’t let it control you"
Self Management for Life offer a free course for patients living with one or more long-term health conditions. The self-management programme will give you practical solutions, tools and techniques so that you can better manage your condition on a daily basis.
The courses are led by experienced facilitators, who often have first-hand experience of what it is like to live with a long-term condition or have experience of actively supporting people to self manage. The courses are run in the community over six weeks with each session lasting three hours.
To book your free place or to find out more about self-management,
call on freephone 0800 988 5560 or 03333 445 840 (mobile friendly),
email at hello@selfmanagementuk.org
visit our website: selfmanagementuk.org
Further information is available on the link below:
Self Management - Long-term health condition (PDF, 980KB)
Pharmacy First scheme
www.selondonics.org/in-your-area/southwark/southwark-pharmacy-first-scheme
Walking Away From Diabetes
everyonehealth.co.uk/service/walking-away-from-diabetes
The NHS Digital Weight Management Programme
www.england.nhs.uk/digital-weight-management
Clinical Effectiveness South East London (CESEL)
selondonccg.nhs.uk/covid_19/clinical-effectiveness-sel
What Is End Of Life: End of life care - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
Are you a Carer?
Helpline Information: www.nhs.uk/carersdirect/carerslives/updates/pages/carersdirecthelpline.aspx
Contact Carers Direct: Telephone: 0808 802 0202 Email: CarersDirect@nhschoices.nhs.uk
Office Hours
Lines are open 8.00am to 9.00pm Monday to Friday, 11.00am to 4.00pm at weekends. Calls are free from UK landlines.
There is a wealth of information on the NHS website about carers and caring. Below are some links into the site that we hope you will find useful.
Information for carers and people who have care & support needs.
Advice on providing care, medicines etc.
Providing care for people who have been recently discharged from hospital.
Caring for someone can be a full-time job – find out about accessing breaks and respite care.
Caring for someone can be a full-time job – find out about accessing breaks and respite care.
Guidance, support and help with employment issues.
Being a Young carer
Advice for carers 18 or under and their entitlement to support
Finance and Law
Help claiming benefits, looking after your bank balance and understanding the legal issues of caring.
Directing carers to the benefits that can help them in their caring role
Advice and information on helping the person you look after get the benefits that they are entitled to.
Benefits for the over-65s
Advice and information on financial support for older people with a disability or illness.
How your benefits maybe affected after the death of the person you look after and what happens to their benefits
Advice for carers and the people they are looking after on claiming a whole host of other benefits unrelated to their disability or caring
If you are please let us know (contact) – we may be able to help you