Bromley is set to implement a new Neighbourhood Health Service, aiming to provide more integrated and accessible care for residents. The Bromley Health and Wellbeing Board discussed the initiative at their meeting on Thursday, 26 June 2025, alongside several other key strategies focused on improving the well-being of the borough.
The move towards neighbourhood-based service models aligns with national planning guidance, which emphasises reducing demand through prevention and utilising digital solutions. The 2025/2026 national planning guidance highlights the importance of neighbourhood-based service models and requires Integrated Care Boards and providers to focus on reducing demand through developing neighbourhood models, making full use of digital solutions and tools, and addressing inequalities and shift towards prevention.
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Also on the agenda were discussions of the Bromley Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2025-30, the Learning Disabilities Strategy 2025 – 2030, the South East London Sexual Health Strategy, and the Bromley Suicide Prevention Plan 2025-30. These strategies aim to address a wide range of health and social care needs within the community.
The Health and Wellbeing Board reviewed the Learning Disabilities Strategy 2025 – 2030, noting that the council supports around 780 adults with a learning disability, at a cost of about £67m per year. The strategy focuses on five core themes: being positively prepared for adulthood, our communities, a healthy life, a good home, and learning, work and independence.
The Bromley Suicide Prevention Plan 2025-30 was also presented, setting out Bromley's local approach to reducing suicide and self-harm, supporting those affected, and building a more compassionate, better-connected community. The plan outlines key priorities, actions, and partnerships that will guide work across the borough over the next five years. The plan has three ambitions: to reduce the suicide rate in Bromley over the next five years, to improve support for people who have self-harmed, and to improve support for people bereaved by suicide.
The Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham, Bexley and Bromley (LSLBB) Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV Strategy 2025-2030 was also discussed, outlining four themes: healthy and fulfilling sexual relationships, improving reproductive health, reducing the rates of sexually transmitted infections, and preventing and living well with HIV.
The meeting agenda and supporting documents can be found here.