Managing Covid-19 in Bromley
With a growing population of over 330,000, Bromley is the largest of all the London boroughs, home to an older population and a high number of care and residential homes. We are also a diverse community, with 19% of residents coming from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, which is reflected in our health and care workforce.
Over recent years our health and social care services have been working together with our voluntary sector to provide more joined-up and improved care for all of our residents and communities.
In responding to the challenges of Covid-19, we have worked as One Bromley to support local people stay healthy and well.
One Bromley is the name of our local care partnership which brings together King’s College Hospital, Oxleas, Bromley Healthcare, Bromley GP Alliance, St Christopher’s Hospice, Bromley Third Sector Enterprise, Bromley Council and NHS.
During the pandemic, we sped up implementation of our improvement plans to ensure local people could continue to access the care and support they need, with a One Bromley “control centre” co-ordinating our response.
We have developed a comprehensive recovery plan which describes how as One Bromley we will continue to restart those services paused in the pandemic, take steps to reduce the risk and manage any second wave of Covid-19. We will apply the lessons from the response so far to our long-term ambitions for health and care in Bromley. This includes:
- Supporting and empowering our residents to have healthier and more independent lives.
- Giving every child in Bromley the best possible start in life.
- Reducing health inequalities.
- Providing personalised and proactive care to our most vulnerable residents.
- Ensuring mental health conditions are given the same priority as physical health.
- Enabling partners and services in Bromley to work as a single system to deliver integrated care.
- Reducing duplication and enabling more people to be cared for in the community.
You can read our full Recovery Plan. We have also produced a summary of the plan for our staff, stakeholders and the public. In response to feedback from patients at the One Bromley Recovery event held in August, and suggestions from our partners and patient network we have created a simplified leaflet for Bromley residents. If you would like to share your views, please email broccg.patientquery@nhs.net.
