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To help all those wanting to make 2015 the year they quit smoking for good, the Stop Smoking Services across Lewisham and Greenwich are running extra groups, appointments and pop-up clinics. If you want to quit but don't know where to start, read on to find a method to suit you.

Wash your hands regularly and make sure you are doing your best to stay well this season.

If you have visited our Trust, either University Hospital Lewisham or Queen Elizabeth Hospital recently, you may have noticed some members of our staff  featured in posters, keen to get across the message that Clean Hands Save Lives.

Charlton Athletic football stars made a special trip to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), Greenwich yesterday, to visit sick children and elderly patients on the wards  to wish them a Happy Christmas. 

Millwall Football Club took time out of there busy schedule to make their yearly and festive trip to the children’s wards at Lewisham hospital this week. The first team players along with their two mascots Zampa and his girlfriend Bolina in tow arrived armed with gifts and wearing santa hats to spread some Christmas cheer to all the sick children on the wards. 

Local school St Thomas More made a festive trip to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH). The pupils from the school sang carols to the patients, staff, and then kindly donated gifts to the elderly wards.

You are now able to book blood test appointments at Erith and District Hospital.

You can make an appointment by calling Erith Hospital direct on 01322 356167.

Christmas has officially started at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS trust, when the cast of Jack and the Beanstalk from Greenwich Theatre, made a special visit to the children’s wards at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH ) and University Hospital Lewisham (UHL). 

The Mayor of Royal Greenwich recently rolled up his sleeves to encourage people over 65 and those at risk to have their flu jab.

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust has appointed two new non executive directors to its Board; Professor Stuart Carney and Val Davison.

A midwife from Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) has been named the winner  of Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust’s first ever “Healthcare Hero” awards for helping a patient through  labour.