Our team
What we do
Surveillance & assessment of health & well-being
A key part of our work in Public Health is to understand the health of people in Southwark, how this compares to other areas in the country and how this changes over time. Our team has experts who gather, analyse and interpret information. This informs what we do and the decisions we make in developing policies and strategies and commissioning services.
Policy and strategy development and implementation
Public Health is heavily involved in the implementation of local policies that aim to improve the health of people in Southwark. We also develop local strategies for specific health issues. These strategies set our vision for health in the borough about how we'll tackle existing issues identified through surveillance and assessment.
We also support our partners in the council to ensure that health and well-being are promoted in all local policies.
Commissioning and evaluation of services
Using our surveillance and assessment work, Public Health identifies priorities and needs within the borough and ensures that services are provided to meet these needs. In this way, we can shape services and ensure that they're effective and good value for money.
Services we commission include:
- children’s services (including health visiting and school nursing)
- sexual health services
- substance misuse services for drugs and alcohol
- stop smoking services
- healthy weight support
You can contact the Public Health team by emailing us at publichealth@southwark.gov.uk.
Page last updated: 21 September 2023
