Winter health and care services are open for Christmas and New Year
Health and care services are open during the festive season if anyone needs help and support at this time.
December 2022
July 2020
New plans for town centre university campus
One of London’s leading universities has taken the next step in its bid for a new town centre campus in Croydon for students of health and social care, business and finance.
May 2020
Council calls for sustainable social care funding
The Leader of Croydon Council today called on the government to sustainably fund the care sector as a report into the borough’s ongoing Covid-19 support for vulnerable residents was made public.
April 2020
#CroydonTogether: thank you campaign met with huge response
Our #CroydonTogether campaign to recognise and thank all those supporting their community during the Covid-19 pandemic has received a warm welcome in its first week. From notes of thanks left for Croydon’s bin men on their rounds; to shout-outs for staff in the NHS; rainbows in windows and flowers in gardens, @YourCroydon has been inundated with expressions of gratitude and respect for those on the frontline.
March 2020
#CroydonTogether: campaign thanks community for response to COVID-19
Croydon Council has today launched the #CroydonTogether campaign to recognise and support the efforts of all those working to care for, help and support their community during the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether you are a nurse or doctor in the NHS; a teacher; a council worker supporting children or the elderly, collecting bins or cleaning streets; a community volunteer - or simply, a being good friend or neighbour – we want to hear from you.
‘GOOD’ Ofsted rating for Croydon children’s services
Services for children and families in Croydon have been rated ‘good’ by Ofsted, two and a half years after the borough launched a major improvement drive. Inspectors found the service ‘dramatically improved’ and ‘transformed’ since its ‘inadequate’ judgement in September 2017.
October 2019
New Croydon plan will transform the health and care of local people
Five-year plan launched to support residents to stay well for longer by making services more accessible in the heart of their communities.
March 2019
Services for children in Croydon continue to improve, Ofsted has found
Services for children in Croydon are improving faster, as ‘clear strategic direction’ and ‘dedicated focus on frontline practice’ ensures that ‘the experience of the child is at the centre’ of social care, Ofsted inspectors have found.
Health inequalities in Croydon tackled in new plan
New eight-point plan aims to create the best conditions for residents to live longer, healthier lives.
February 2019
Croydon reviews the lives of 60 vulnerable adolescents
A detailed study of the lives and experiences of 60 vulnerable young people, 23 girls and 37 boys, has today been published by Croydon Safeguarding Children Board (CSCB).