About NHS Lambeth

One of our key roles is to assess the healthcare needs of the people of Lambeth and then arrange and pay for healthcare services to meet these needs. We carefully use the money given to us by the government to do this. This year we will spend over £500 million on services provided by:

  • Community teams, providing a range of nursing and therapy services.
  • Primary care contractors: dentists, family doctors (GPs), optometrists (eye care and pharmacists (chemists).
  • NHS trusts and foundation trusts (hospital and mental health services).
  • Lambeth Council, and voluntary and independent sector organisations.

Together we strive to reduce inequalities, protect people’s health and promote healthier lifestyles. Our main local hospitals are Guy's and St Thomas' and King's. Our local mental health services are provided by South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.

Primary care in Lambeth

Primary care decribes the range of healthcare services offered in the community close to where people live and work, as opposed to secondary or acute care, which involves healthcare services in hospital. Primary care in Lambeth is provided by:

  • Our community nursing and therapy teams.
  • 200 family doctors (GPs) across 52 practices.
  • 39 dental practices.
  • 21 ophthalmic practices.
  • 60 pharmacies.

Around 345,000 people are registered with local doctors in Lambeth. We employ around 1,000 people.

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We run two intermediate care centres, each with 20 beds. These are Lambeth Community Care Centre and Pulross. In addition, Minnie Kidd House has 28 beds, giving care to people with complex nursing needs.

We also provide care for children with disabilities and special needs and run services such as therapeutic rehabilitation, including neurological and muscular-skeletal.

We also run a number of specialist services across Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark. These include community tuberculosis, sickle cell, HIV, podiatric (foot) surgery, drug and alcohol healthcare and services for the homeless, refugees and people seeking asylum.

Our annual report and accounts 

Please see the Publications page for our Annual Report for 2007-08, including the summary financial statements, and our full annual accounts.