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From tackling health inequalities and transforming our environments, to celebrating our exceptional people, here’s a look back at what we’ve achieved together in 2025.

Trust staff, patients, and members of the community came together to sing carols and switch on the Christmas tree lights in Springfield Park – hosted by ToastStores café.

The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced that resident doctors will be participating in strike action from 7am on Wednesday 17 December until 7am on Monday 22 December.

We’re reviewing how people access urgent mental health support in South West London, and we need your views to help shape our next steps. Please take a few minutes to complete our short survey and share your feedback.

A new online directory has been launched to help people across Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth find local health, wellbeing and community support more easily.

Improvements in our quality of care have driven the Trust’s improved position in the mental health trust league tables. Each Trust in England is placed into this table, with quarterly ratings published, based on a range of measures including quality of care, operational performance, and financial stability.

This year, we’re adding a special touch of warmth and celebration with our We Care Festive Celebration. The Trust Charity is inviting donations to help us deliver a bespoke party-in-a-box to every ward. Each box will include festive decorations, treats and goodies to help bring a sense of celebration and comfort to patients and staff on Christmas Day, while recognising and respecting the many other cultural and religious festivities observed during this season.

The CAMHS Dynamic Support Team has been recognised at the Personalised Care Awards 2025 London, celebrating outstanding person-centred care across the capital. The team received the Shared Decision-Making Award for their unwavering commitment to ensuring that every child, young person and family they support is genuinely heard, understood and actively involved in decisions about their care.

Today, on International Volunteers Day, we’re recognising the amazing difference our volunteers make across our Trust. We’re grateful to everyone, staff, service users, carers, families and friends, who generously share their time, skills, and energy to support our work and help us deliver compassionate, high-quality care.

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.

First public exhibition showcases vibrant collection of artwork from Richmond peer support groups

We are delighted to congratulate Harriet Rice and the National Deaf CAMHS Outpatients Team, who have been named the winners of the Claire Campbell Outstanding Achievement Award.

Hear how our innovative Cultural Capability Training Programme is helping to dismantle health inequalities and improve the quality of care that all patients receive.

It’s time to mark your calendars! Join us for Springfield Village's third Christmas tree-lighting ceremony, which will take place on 4 December 2025 from 4pm at ToastStores.

It can be said that working in the NHS takes a special kind of person and at our Trust,we’re fortunate to have so many dedicated and committed colleagues.  To honour staff who have reached 25 years of service, we recently held a special awards ceremon y celebrating their achievements and dedication.

There was music, movement and plenty of smiles at Trinity as our amazing Bluebell Ward team once again welcomed the incredible Deaf Rave for a DJ Workshop Taster Session, an especially meaningful moment as we mark Disability History Month.

South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust was delighted to celebrate Springfield Village at the 2025 Health Service Journal (HSJ) Awards in central London on Thursday evening. 

Today, we join organisations across the country in recognising Carers’ Rights Day, an important moment to celebrate and support the thousands of unpaid carers who play such a vital role within our communities.

To mark International Men’s Day, Dr Billy Boland, our Chief Medical Officer and Regional Clinical Director for Mental Health in London, reflects on why men’s mental health is an urgent public health concern, and what we can do to ensure more men get the care and support they need, sooner.

Sindy Sugumar has been selected as the latest 2025 winner of the Trust’s Exceptional People Award. Sindy works as a Service Improvement Project Lead and has been at the Trust for seven years, recently moving from a different corporate role to join the Transformation team.