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For all general enquiries relating to adults and older people, or if you wish to speak to an officer about adult care support, please contact Health and Adult Services.

You will also find a list of organisations to contact for specific issues such as mental health and financial assessments.

Health and Adult Services

The Royal Borough of Greenwich's Health and Adult Services provides a single point of contact for all adult services including:

  • information and advice
  • referral for all adult and older people's social care services
  • referral for community rehabilitation services and occupational therapy
  • adult safeguarding concerns
  • carers advice.

General enquiries

For sensitive or confidential emails, we suggest that you use a secure method of communication such as Egress.

Contact Assessment Team

Second Floor,
The Woolwich Centre,
35 Wellington Street,
London SE18 6HQ

Telephone lines are open Monday to Thursday 9am to 5pm, Friday 9am to 4pm, and are closed at weekends.

Social care emergencies

For social care emergencies outside office hours call 020 8854 8888.

Community adult mental health services

Contact the Oxleas NHS Trust Recovery Team for more information about help for adults who require mental health support at:

Recovery Team,
68 The Heights,
London SE7 8JH

Community Mental Health Team for Older People (over 65s)

Memorial Hospital,
London SE18 3RZ

The help that the Community Mental Health Team for Older People can give you includes support and advice on anxiety, depression, dementia with behaviour problems, memory problems and other serious mental health problems such as schizophrenia.

Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

Learning disability services

Community Learning Disability Team,
The Woolwich Centre,
Wellington Street,
London SE18 6HQ.