Understanding health and care in Lewisham
Lewisham Council and Public Health
Lewisham Council supports health and wellbeing through services including social care, housing, children's services and support for communities.
Public Health is part of the Council. It works to prevent ill health, protect and improve health and reduce unfair differences in health between different communities.
Find out more about Public Health and health inequalities in Lewisham.
NHS South East London
NHS South East London Integrated Care Board (ICB) plans and funds many NHS services across six south east London boroughs, including Lewisham. It works with local NHS services, councils and other partners.
Find out more about NHS South East London.
Lewisham Health and Care Partnership
The Lewisham Health and Care Partnership brings together local organisations including Lewisham Council, NHS organisations, GPs, Healthwatch and other partners.
They work together on Lewisham's health and care priorities and how local services can work better together.
Find out more about Lewisham Health and Care Partnership.
Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INTs)
Lewisham is developing a neighbourhood health service across four areas – North, South, East and West.
Integrated Neighbourhood Teams bring together professionals from health, social care and the voluntary and community sector to provide more joined-up support closer to where people live. Lewisham is still developing this way of working.
Find out about neighbourhood health and care in Lewisham.
Voluntary and community organisations
Lewisham has many voluntary, community and faith organisations providing activities, advice, support and services to local communities. They also work with the Council and NHS on different health and wellbeing programmes.
Lewisham Local provides information and support for local community organisations and networks.
Find community organisations and support through Lewisham Local.
Working together
These organisations have different responsibilities but work in partnership where their roles connect, with the shared aim of improving health and wellbeing and reducing health inequalities in Lewisham.