Help us identify solutions for our cross-system priorities for improving health and care
The South East London Integrated Care System provides a great opportunity for all partner organisations including the voluntary and community sector to work together with local people and communities to make a significant difference to health and care for you, your family and your community.
Following extensive discussions with local people, including service users and carers, and staff across south east London and the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE) that took place in 2022 we published our vision and priorities for transforming health and care for the people living in south east London in February 2023.
The priorities focus on helping people stay healthy and well, delivering more joined-up, convenient care, and better supporting people from marginalised communities. You can read our vision and priorities here. You can read insight from people and communities that informed their development here. 
We held further webinars in September and October 2023 and you can read the presentation here. In these webinars we updated you on the focus of our strategic priority areas, discussed with you the outcomes we want to achieve, what you want done differently in these areas, what is important to you, your family and networks and we highlighted activity that is already taking place in these areas.
These strategic priorities have been developed by South East London’s Integrated Care Partnership, which brings together the elected leaders of six local authorities: Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark with other health and care leaders, Healthwatch and the voluntary and community sector.
The development of the strategic priorities were discussed at the South East London Integrated Care Partnership meeting on 26 October 2023. You can read the paper which sets out the actions to deliver the priority areas by clicking on the link to the ICP papers here (enclosure D page 22 onwards).
Watch our video to learn more about the South East London Integrated Care System, and what it means for you.
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Prevention, health and wellbeing
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Opportunity to maintain health and prevent illness through different organisations working together in partnership particularly focussing on communities from the poorest areas. What we know: There is an average difference in healthy life expectancy of 9.6 years between the poorest and the richest areas in our boroughs.
Tell us what you think? For example:
- What do you think is going well?
- What do you think is going less well?
- What do you think we could do differently?
- Do you have any ideas for what we could do specifically with and for communities with the greatest inequalities?
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Children and young people
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Opportunity to take action earlier, join up care for children with chronic conditions, offer greater support for children from communities experiencing the greatest inequalities, and address waits for mental health services.What we know: Approximately 50% of mental health problems have started by the age of 14, rising to approximately 75% by the age of 24.
Tell us what you think? For example:
- What do you think is going well?
- What do you think is going less well?
- What do you think we could do differently?
- Do you have any ideas for what we could do specifically with and for communities with the greatest inequalities?
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Access to good primary care
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Opportunity to improve and simplify access to primary care, in particular for people who get ill but and don't use health services so often.Tell us what you think? For example:
- What do you think is going well?
- What do you think is going less well?
- What do you think we could do differently?
- Do you have any ideas for what we could do specifically with and for communities with the greatest inequalities?
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People with complex needs
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Opportunity for joined up care for people with complex needs (e.g. frail elderly people) to keep them well at home and out of hospital or residential care.What we know: There is an estimated 21% of the population with multiple health conditions, based on research in Lambeth.
Tell us what you think? For example:
- What do you think is going well?
- What do you think is going less well?
- What do you think we could do differently?
- Do you have any ideas for what we could do specifically with and for communities with the greatest inequalities?
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Adult mental health
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Opportunity for much earlier intervention and improving access, experience and outcomes from inpatient services.What we know: There is an estimated 20 to 55% higher need for psychiatric services in south London compared to England as a whole.
Tell us what you think? For example:
- What do you think is going well?
- What do you think is going less well?
- What do you think we could do differently?
- Do you have any ideas for what we could do specifically with and for communities with the greatest inequalities?
