LEWISHAM hospital has opened the doors of its new Urgent Care Centre to the public. The centre which opened on Friday (September 9) is part of a £12m investment programme at the hospital.

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust (LGT) breached national procurement rules when awarding a £13.7m contract for GP services at ...

Tens of thousands of patients were waiting for routine treatment at the Lewisham and Greenwich ... s national clinical director for urgent and emergency care, said: “These latest figures show ...

However, in so doing, he also reviewed the services at non-failing Lewisham hospital, calling for the A&E to close and be replaced with an urgent care centre that could handle 50% of the current ...

Lewisham's A&E unit would then be downgraded to an urgent care centre, meaning emergency cases would be seen at nearby hospitals. The maternity unit at Lewisham could also be slimmed down ...

As well as recommending that the financially troubled South London Health Trust be split up, it said the A&E at neighbouring Lewisham should be downgraded to an urgent care centre. Michael Walker, the ...