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The tragic news of the recent plane crash in India is at the forefront of many of our minds. Our thoughts are with all the members of our community who are impacted, and those who might have family members or friends who are affected.

This Learning Disability Week, we’re delighted to celebrate the Wandsworth Learning Disabilities Healthcare Team (WLDHT), who have been shortlisted for  Psychiatric Team of the Year   at the  Royal College of Psychiatrists London Division Awards.

The next Exceptional People Award winner of 2025 is Heather McFadden, who has been named winner for April! Heather works as a Community Psychiatric Nurse in Sutton, a position she has held for over 4 years after previously spending time at the Trust as a Staff Nurse at Corner House.

Our Trust was thrilled to be commended at the 2025 Wandsworth Chamber of Commerce Awards for our innovative mental health training programme.  

Carers play a vital role in supporting individuals who face challenges living independently. Often spouses, relatives, or friends, many carers don’t identify themselves as such, yet their contribution is invaluable.

The plan outlines our vision in which everyone, regardless of background, has equitable access to culturally sensitive, high-quality mental health services, supported by strong partnerships, transparent data, and a workforce empowered to make real change.

This week, as part of National Volunteers’ Week, we’re celebrating the incredible contributions of our volunteers across the Trust. From staff and service users to carers, families and friends, we’re grateful to everyone who gives their time, skills and energy to support our work in so many valuable ways.

Our Trust is working to make mental health care in emergency departments more compassionate, purposeful and timely. As part of that commitment, a new pilot has launched at St George’s Emergency Department (ED) to provide immediate support to people arriving with mental health needs.

A project is aiming to make the care of our inpatients more purposeful and recovery focused. The Purposeful Admission project, part of the Adult Patient Journey programme, has created a new way to make the reasons a patient has been admitted really clear. This helps staff to provide great care and help patients work towards their recovery.

Our Trust is working towards ensuring patients are seen in the most timely way possible – and supporting those who need to wait to be seen. To address this, our Community Service Line is launching a pilot project aimed at service users who have been waiting 90 days or more for treatment in the community. The project, Staying Connected While You Wait, is part of a Quality Improvement collaborative designed to ensure that people waiting for treatment feel connected to our services.

Tony Garcia has been named as the March 2025 winner of the Trust’s Exceptional People Award. Tony , Store Keeper in the Portering Team at Springfield, has been at the Trust for over 30 years, and is well known for always going the extra mile to help teams with last minute deliveries and various tasks.

Dr Ilenia Pampaloni, Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Lead for the National OCD Service, is a finalist in the BBC All in the Mind Award’s. Dr Pampaloni was nominated by Duncan, a patient previously on an inpatient ward at Springfield University Hospital. The awards recognise the unsung heroes that support people who are struggling with their mental health.

The bank holiday can be a welcome break for many, but for others, it may feel isolating, overwhelming, or emotionally challenging, especially when usual routines are disrupted, and many services are closed. If you’re struggling with your mental health this Easter bank holiday, you are not alone. Here’s how to find help and support during the long weekend.

Having a relative or friend as an inpatient at a psychiatric ward can be an incredibly challenging time.  To address this, our Trust’s Recovery College, Acute and Urgent Service Line staff, and carers, have co-developed a new course called ‘Friendly Wards’. Designed to tackle some of the immediate needs of carers, the course is open to anyone caring for an individual who has been admitted onto a ward within the Trust. 

We celebrated a major milestone in our mental health awareness programme, having now trained 200 people in Mental Health First Aid courses. The achievement was marked with a special training session delivered for Healthwatch colleagues, and office staff working for Members of Parliament representing constituencies across South West London.

This Mental Health Awareness Week we took the opportunity to meet some of our amazing staff providing a range of professional support within the community through our Integrated Recovery Hubs.

The theme for Mental Health Awareness Week this year is community, and what better way to celebrate than by showcasing our 32-acre community asset located at the heart of Springfield Village in Tooting.

Today, over 150 mental health leaders, clinicians, community partners, and people with lived experience of mental ill health gathered at Everyday Church in Wimbledon for the annual South West London Mental Health Conference.

As part of Mental Health Awareness Week, and in recognition of this year’s theme of community, we are proud to share R-I-S-E: From Pain to Purpose, a powerful short film created in collaboration with the Metropolitan Police. The film explores resilience, recovery, and the reality of living with mental health and substance use challenges.