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  1. Talking to people in Lambeth about cancer

    visitors to cancer awareness raising event sit at table and talk to stall holders

    On Thursday, 12 September 105 people attended an event at Brixton Library organised by GP practices from the Hills, Brook and Dales Primary Care Network to raise awareness about the importance of cancer screening.

    people attending cancer awareness event at library are sitting down at a table and talking to cancer experts about prevention and NHS screening programmes

    Signposting people to local cancer services

    At the third of their cancer screening awareness raising event, Hills, Brooks and Dales PCN outreach team supported people who attended to speak to organisations including ovarian cancer charity Ovacome , Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing, Macmillan, Carers’ Hub Lambeth, Cancer Don’t Let It Win, Prostate Cancer UK and Carers4carers on topics like breast, bowel, prostate and cervical cancer screening, as well as smoking cessation and lung health.

  3. Workplace health checks coming to Lambeth in new national pilot programme

    Lambeth Health Champions standing in front of Lambeth Health and Wellbeing bus, smiling with thumbs up

    Lambeth is one of the first local authorities chosen to pilot health checks in workplaces and online that will protect more than 130,000 people across the country from diseases such as heart disease, kidney disease and diabetes.

    Lambeth secures heart and circulatory system disease prevention pilots

    Lambeth Council has been selected to run two new pilot programmes that aim to cut the risk of diseases of the heart and circulatory system (cardiovascular disease).

  4. Big health boost for Black communities

    Photo of Lambeth Together and Inspire staff at the Black Communities Health and Wellbeing event

    More than 400 local people joined a special health and wellbeing day on Saturday for the borough’s Black communities. It combined culture, entertainment, stalls, health screening, sports and expert support to highlight and improve health issues.

    Lambeth: Big health boost for Black communities

     

    It was organised by Lambeth Together – a partnership between Lambeth Council, the NHS and the voluntary sector – alongside the inspire programme which was set up after the Covid-19 pandemic to tackle the big health inequalities faced by Black people in London.