Cutting edge memory service for Lambeth and Southwark

With numbers set to double in the next 30 years, dementia costs health and social services more than heart disease, stroke and cancer put together.

Early diagnosis and intervention improves quality of life and prolongs independence. It is also a cost effective, efficient way to manage treatment.

Southwark and Lambeth Memory Service (SLMS) provides a single point of access to specialist services for all new referrals of adults with emerging memory difficulties. People formally diagnosed with more advanced dementia, or who are in crisis, should continue to be referred to their borough community mental health teams. Croydon Memory Service has similar criteria.

The service  provides comprehensive assessment for people with 'mild to moderate' memory problems and offers appropriate treatment and support options including medication, individual and group therapies, signposting and follow-up services. The service also provides access to specialist services including Memory Clinics at King's College and Guy's hospitals, and the Neuropsychiatry and Memory Disorders Clinic at St Thomas' Hospital.

Referrals
Southwark and Lambeth Memory servuce operates Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm, at the Gate House, Ann Moss Way, London SE16 2TH. Contact: 020 3228 0570 or fax 020 3228 0571.

Croydon Memory Service is at Heavers Resource Centre, 122 Selhurst Rd, Croydon SE25 6LL. Contact 020 3228 9500, fax: 020 3228 9533