Why choose us?

If you need to go to hospital to see a specialist, you have the right to choose which hospital you're referred to by your GP.

You can choose a hospital according to what matters most to you, whether it’s location, infection rates, waiting times, patient feedback, clinical performance or anything else.

We will update our Trust Board Papers monthly with the latest information on how we are performing as an organisation.  You can also contact lg.communications@nhs.net for more information.  Some key points to consider are:

Easy access to our services

All of our hospitals and community sites are very easy to get to by public transport, and are served by a number of buses and trains. 13 different buses stop outside or close to University Hospital Lewisham, and seven buses provide access to Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

In Lewisham, we also provide community services in clinics around the borough and in patients' homes.

We are committed to treating patients in the right environment

We realise how important it is to be treated in the right environment. Patients at both University Hospital Lewisham and Queen Elizabeth Hospital benefit from new and improved facilities, including state-of-the-art birth centres and new ambulatory care centres.

We provide specialist services

We provide a wide range of specialist clinic across our hospitals and community sites. These include a number of clinics that serve the whole of South East London, and some that receive referrals from across the UK.

We listen to patients and partners

We listen to patients and work with GPs and other partners to develop and improve our services.  If you would like to get involved, we want to hear from you: Get involved 

Learning from deaths

Learning from deaths of people in their care can help hospitals improve the quality of the care they provide to patients and their families, and identify where they could do more.

The National Quality Board published its National guidance on learning from deaths in March 2017 to ensure that the NHS learns from deaths of patients in order to improve care for all.

The Trust is committed to fully implementing the national guidance and has published a mortality review policy which outlines its processes for identifying, reviewing and learning from deaths and the roles and responsibilities for staff involved in that process.

If you have any concerns about the death of a loved one, please contact our Patient Advice and Liaison Service.

We publish our mortality data, showing numbers of deaths and reviews, on a quarterly basis in our board papers.

---