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All three patients have now been returned safely to Springfield Hospital. An internal investigation will commence today.

Local people of all ages who have urgent mental health concerns can get specialist NHS help, advice and clinical support when needed by phone, 24/7, through south London’s NHS 111 for Mental Health service.

Wisteria ward at Springfield Hospital has a wonderful new garden thanks to the creativity and hard work of the ward’s young patients who designed it.

Abiodun, who is known by colleagues as Vincent, i s the Ward Manager on Ward 1 and has been at the Trust for 13 years, joining in July 2011. He is known as someone who is extremely passionate about his role, and as someone who takes on feedback, constantly working to make life on Ward 1 easier for all.

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Ebele Akojie, James Watson-O’Neill OBE and Dr Iram Sattar MBE as non-executive directors.

The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced that junior doctors will be participating in strike action from 7am on Thursday 27 June until 7am on Tuesday 2 July.

South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust’s (SWLSTG’s) Chief Operating Officer, Jen Allan, has announced her decision to move on from her role after four years.

This month we celebrated Learning Disability Week (17-23 June) with staff from our learning disability services who took the time to tell us about their roles and the important work they do, as well as the things they do to support their patients to feel seen, heard and valued, which is the theme for this year's awareness week. 

The Sutton Individual Placement Support (IPS) service has been awarded the ‘Good’ Quality Kite Mark by IPS Grow for their efforts helping people find paid employment as part of their recovery.

It is that time of the year – the South West London and St George’s Summer Street Party is back. This year the party will celebrate 30 years of the Trust, as well as the amazing work of our staff and communities through the year. The parties also provide the opportunity to bring together our patients, their carers, and our local communities.

Happy National Volunteers’ Week to all staff, service users and their carers’ families and friends who volunteer in one capacity or another, in the Trust or outside it. It is wonderful to give time, skills and energy to support causes dear to us, and we salute every one of you.

To mark Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Awareness Month, colleagues from our complex needs service tell us more about their roles and the support we provide for those with complex emotional needs.

The inaugural South West London Mental Health Conference took place on Monday 20 May with a series of engaging workshops and insightful discussions on the future of local mental health services. 

The Trust are thrilled to announce that we trained our 100^th Mental Health First Aid Champion through our innovative community training programme during Mental Health Awareness Week.

Children from Fircroft Primary School visited Springfield Park as part of the Trust’s Mental Health Awareness Week celebrations.

It is Mental Health Awareness Week (13-19 May) and the theme is “Movement: moving more for our mental health”. Here, clinical exercise therapist Lasse Eini talks about his role and how exercise supports mental health.

In South West London developing even better patient care is at the heart of the change we are delivering. 

Meet Lu Liu, a passionate runner and wellbeing practitioner at NHS Wandsworth Talking Therapies. For Mental Health Awareness Week, Lu talks about her role and inspiring journey from 200 meters to conquering a half marathon!

For a number of years now, our Trust has been working together with patients, carers staff and our wider communities to transform our mental health estate.