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This week (27 April – 1 May) we’re celebrating Patient Experience Week – a chance to recognise how important it is to listen to the voices of people who use our services, their families and carers. At our Trust, patient experience is at the heart of everything we do. We believe the best mental health care is shaped by the people who use it, and by listening, learning and improving together.

New outpatient facilities are on the way in Richmond! This spring Richmond Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) will move from their temporary base at Livingston House in Teddington into a new facility called the Richmond Royal Wellbeing Centre.

Based at the site of the former Richmond Royal Hospital, where Richmond CAMHS were previously based, services will return to what is now the Wellbeing Centre this May.

The catering team supporting South West London & St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust has been recognised nationally, receiving Catering Team of the Year at the Hospital Caterers Association Awards.

This week (13–17 April), the Recovery College is hosting an art exhibition featuring the work of Owen Reilly, a peer trainer at the college. The exhibition showcases artwork created by Owen over the past 20 years, offering a unique insight into his personal journey of creativity, growth and self-discovery.

South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust’s charity has been successful in bidding for over £220,000 to deliver a new programme of culturally sensitive, trauma‑informed psychological support for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic NHS staff.

To celebrate Culturally Mindful, a creative health residency programme delivered in partnership with Wandsworth London Borough of Culture, our Wandsworth CAMHS team hosted a fun and heartfelt event to mark the installation of our new mural. Hear how the programme has brought people together to explore mental health and personal stories through art.

Solomon Gyasi has been named as the next recipient of the Trust’s Exceptional People Award. Solomon works as the Deputy Ward Manager on Ward 2 and joined the Trust in 2020 as a Bank Healthcare Assistant, before progressing to a Registered Mental Health Nurse role and finally into the position he finds himself today.

The next strike by resident doctors will take place between 7am on Tuesday 7 April and 7am on Monday 13 April 2026. We are working together to make sure that our essential services will be covered through this period of industrial action.

Michaela, a Mental Heath and Wellbeing Practitioner, helps run our Mood on Track group — a cognitive behavioural therapy based intervention for people living with bipolar disorder. 

Staff at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust were given an exclusive first look inside Tala building, our new space at Tolworth Hospital.

More than 3,000 Mental Health First Aiders (MHFAiders) across south west London will benefit from additional mental health and wellbeing resources thanks to a partnership between South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust (SWLSTG) and Mental Health First Aid England. 

The Trust is pleased to publish 2025 Gender, Ethnicity, and Disability Pay Gap reports. These reports set out the differences in average pay between groups of colleagues.

At our Trust, we are always looking for opportunities to use creativity as a tool for supporting people’s mental health and wellbeing. Hear how Sutton Integrated Integrated Recovery Hubs have been making use of Hospital Room's Digital Art School workshops.

A huge congratulations to Lead Employment Specialist Paul Dorrington, who has been honoured with the Lifetime Impact in Workplace Wellbeing Award at the Great British Workplace Wellbeing Awards 2026!

Due to a change in our telephone service provider, a switchover on Monday 30 March 2026 means there may be disruption to some incoming calls to our Trust between 11am-5pm.

Kwame Adjepong has been named as our first Exceptional People Award winner for 2026. Kwame, who works as the Ward Manager on Hume Ward, has been at the Trust for over 10 years!

NHS South West London is asking adults who have had an ADHD assessment, or who are currently waiting for one, to share their experiences through a short survey. 

Based in the Trinity building at Springfield Hospital, our Recovery College offers courses co‑delivered by peer trainers and mental health professionals. These include sessions to help people manage their mental health, training for families, friends and carers, and practical skills to support recovery.

South West  London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust  has  achieved its  fourth  consecutive year of improvements in the National NHS Staff Survey.

We’ve stepped up our work to listen to vital feedback from our communities on how we provide mental health crisis care. We have worked closely with people with lived experience of mental illness, as well as carers, our own staff, and our partners in health, care and community organisations including the emergency services.