Video showcases award-winning women and girls’ health support in Lambeth
Women and girls in Lambeth are getting better access to joined-up health and care — and a new video released by Lambeth Together shows how. The film celebrates the Women’s and Girls’ Health Hub, which this week picked up the Patient Involvement and Choice Award at the national NHS Excellence Awards, highlighting the impact of working together to bring support closer to communities across the borough.
From community-based clinical care at Minnie Kidd House to an outreach events with Spanish speakers, the video shows how support is being delivered in more accessible and inclusive ways. It also features Carers4Carers sessions at Brixton Recreation Centre, and work with Girls United Football Club at the Black Prince Trust — just two of the many bespoke initiatives led by local voluntary organisation to reach more women and girls in Lambeth.
Josepha Reynolds, Neighbourhood and Wellbeing Delivery Alliance Director with Lambeth Together, said: “The Women’s and Girls’ Health Hub is a fantastic example of the direction we’re moving in as a system — prevention, early support and care closer to home. It reflects our neighbourhood approach, where partners across the NHS, council and community organisations come together to design services with people and around people’s lives. It’s brilliant to see that recognised nationally through this award.
“We’re really proud of this programme, which brings together a wide range of interventions to improve experiences, tackle inequalities and connect women and girls with care earlier. It’s helping make support more joined-up, more accessible and better tailored to people’s needs/ We’re already seeing the difference that can make.”
About the Women’s and Girls’ Health Hub
The Women’s and Girls’ Health Hub in Lambeth is a new community-based approach to improving access to care across the life course — from contraception and menstrual health to menopause and pre-conception support. It brings together multidisciplinary teams from Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital gynaecology, NHS South East London Primary Care, Lambeth Council’s Public Health Team and the voluntary sector to provide more joined-up, specialist advice and treatment closer to where people live. It is part of a wider programme to improve women’s and girls’ health led by NHS South East London.
From the start, the programme focused on what local women and girls said would make care easier to access. NHS South East London spoke to over 1,400 women through an online survey and forum, and more than 250 people through community outreach. This included young women aged 16 to 25, and communities that often face barriers to care, including South Asian, Black African, Black Caribbean and Latin American communities.
About the award
The NHS Excellence Awards 2026 are run by, and for, the NHS – shining a light on local projects and teams making a real difference to patients and communities, delivering on the ambitions of the 10 Year Health Plan and inspiring others to adopt innovative approaches in their local area.
A Lambeth Together priority
Through Lambeth Together’s Neighbourhood and Wellbeing Delivery Alliance, we’re embedding community-led, integrated care into our neighbourhoods. Read about this work and more: Lambeth Together Neighbourhood and Wellbeing Delivery Alliance.