On 30 April the South West London Health and Care Partnership hosted the South West London Clinical Conference. The first event of its kind, which brought together over 300 NHS clinicians, social care professionals, voluntary sector and other partners from across the six boroughs to help design the clinical vision for south west London.

 At the event, attendees were encouraged to join individual breakout sessions and share their experiences and expertise on six areas identified by the South West London Clinical Senate, which are:  

 Diabetes

• Cardiovascular disease
• End of Life Care
• Mental Health
• Outpatient Transformation
• Respiratory Care

In the breakout sessions colleagues from the six south west London Healthwatches gave presentations from the perspective of the patient, highlighting their experiences with services, their suggestions for improvements and what matters most to them as someone affected by these conditions.

Six short films were shown featuring these patient stories to support the presentations.

An incredible number of ideas were suggested during these sessions, all of which will help to define the south west London clinical vision for moving forward together over the next 5 to 10 years.

These aren’t the only areas that need work, but they are the ones where the South West London Health and Care Partnership feels that by working together, across health and care in south west London, the greatest difference can be made.

In terms of next steps, this work will go back to the South West London Clinical Senate to prioritise the actions – and information will be shared with all staff working in health and care in the boroughs in south west London.