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Introducing Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INTs) in Lambeth and Southwark

From 1st April 2026, multi-agency and multi-disciplinary teams are coming together across Lambeth and Southwark to provide more joined-up, accessible and personalised care for our local communities.

Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INTs) will bring together experts from across health, social care, housing and voluntary services – including GPs, nurses, and pharmacists – into single teams ensuring people can access the care and support they need closer to home.

By helping people stay well as opposed to simply treating them when they are ill, neighbourhood teams will become active partners in the long-term health and wellbeing of local communities, as well as freeing up hospital resource and capacity for those who need it most.

This work builds on strong relationships, built through Lambeth Together and Partnership Southwark across local health and care partners, including the NHS, local authorities and the VCSE sectors. It is being led by Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with Lambeth General Practice Provider Alliance and Southwark Primary Care Provider Alliance and working with local partners.

The initial focus in these boroughs will be on three priority areas which have been identified as benefitting most from this approach:

Children and Young People with Complex Needs

Adults with Multiple Long-Term Conditions

Adults with Frailty

The teams will proactively identify those residents who will benefit most from more holistic and integrated care, while recognising the importance of the wider determinants of health, and will incorporate this into our service model.

Many different teams will have a vital role to play in making INTs a success. Thank you to those of you who have already been involved in the planning and delivery of the starting model. For others, more information on INTs will be shared over the coming weeks and months as new ways of working start to be embedded across Lambeth and Southwark. In the meantime, please do think about how your role might support the roll-out of INTs across Lambeth and Southwark and connect with colleagues. More information can be found here; A neighbourhood health service in south east London – South East London ICS

LAMBETH HEALTHCARE

What is a Federation?

Primary care federations play a crucial role in addressing the healthcare requirements of local communities. They serve as an expansion of primary healthcare services, uniting health, social care, and voluntary organisations, all within the proximity of individuals’ homes. Moreover, these federations form an essential component of the NHS Confederation’s enhanced primary care network.

This network amalgamates GP federations and primary care networks into a robust and unified platform for the healthcare sector.

OUR BACKGROUND

Lambeth GP Federation are a group of GP Practices who work together to provide better local services for patients at scale.

The Lambeth GP Federation consists of 41 GP Practices across Waterloo, Vauxhall, Kennington, Clapham, Brixton, Stockwell, Streatham Hill, Streatham Common, West Norwood, Tulse Hill, Herne Hill, and Oval.

WHO WE ARE

Lambeth Healthcare, situated in Southeast London, serves as a GP Provider Organisation committed to collaborating closely with GP Practices in Lambeth. Our primary aim is to deliver exceptional and empathetic patient care on a substantial level.

The Lambeth GP Federation brings together the 41 GP Practices spread throughout Lambeth. Our leadership is composed of local clinicians and practice managers who form our board of directors, and we receive support from a dedicated operational core team.

WHAT WE DO

Our collaborative approach empowers federation boards to adopt a strategic perspective on how primary care can function effectively across various levels, while also working closely with system partners.

Importantly, federations provide these services while utilising the same GP clinical records as their member practices, enabling them to offer care seamlessly as an extension of primary care, deeply intertwined with the practices and PCNs they represent—an original and comprehensive integration of clinical care.

WORLD CLASS HEALTHCARE

During the second wave of Challenge Fund allocation, Lambeth GP Federations received a £3.5 million grant, supplemented by an additional £1.5 million commitment from Lambeth CCG. This funding facilitated the launch of a patient access program, introducing primary care services seven days a week to the Lambeth community through the GP Access Hubs, as described on this website.

OUR VISION

Our vision is built on 4 main principles:

Attract investment into primary care to help sustain our member practices.
Support practices to work with other providers to provide better-integrated care for patients.
Make fair and transparent decisions about the allocation of resources to practices, providing services that represent value for money.
Build healthy relationships fairly and transparently to work together at scale and provide the best possible out-of-hospital care.