Borough | Group | Date | Topics | Number of attendees |
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Merton | Ethnic minority centre, Mitcham Library. Focus group with refugees, asylum seekers and people from ethnic minority backgrounds who attend the centre. | 25 April 2023 | Primary care | 17 |
Sutton | Sutton Seniors Forum, Trinity Church. Focus group with people over the age of 65. | 28 April 2023 | Urgent and emergency care | 20 |
Merton | Ethnic minority centre, Vestry Hall. Focus group with refugees, asylum seekers and people from ethnic minority backgrounds who attend the centre. | 3 May 2023 | Urgent and emergency care; primary care | 19 |
Wandsworth and Merton | LGBTQIA+ group, 120 The Broadway. Focus group with people who identify as LGBTQIA+. | 3 May 2023 | Primary care | 3 |
Wandsworth | Roehampton Champions network. Focus group with people of all ages living on the Roehampton estate. | 9 May 2023 | Urgent and emergency care; primary care; mental health | 17 |
Croydon | Croydon Babyzone. One-to-one conversations with parents and carers at a drop in play space for 0 to 5 year olds. | 11 May 2023 | Maternity; primary care; urgent and emergency care | 25 |
Kingston and Richmond | Beautiful Minds event, Twickenham. One-to-one conversations with secondary school aged 11 to 19 young people. | 17 May 2023 | Mental health; autism; children and young people | 30 |
Kingston and Richmond | Eccop, Searchlight Community Centre, Kingston. Focus groups with adults with learning disabilities, profound and multiple disabilities and autistic people. | 23 May 2023 | Learning disability; mental health; autism; primary care; digital | 19 |
Croydon | Young at Heart, BME Forum, online. Focus group with people over the age of 55. | 23 May 2023 | Long term conditions; digital | 7 |
South West London | St George’s Patient Involvement Forum, Everyday Church. Focus group with people who were either currently or previously accessed mental health services and/or had a mental health diagnosis. | 25 May 2023 | Mental health; Primary care; urgent emergency care | 5 |
Engagement events
A record of the focus groups and public events we held to take feedback on our Joint Forward Plan in 2023.