The appointment means five of SEL ICB's six boroughs, including Bexley, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark -  have appointed integrators with Greenwich to confirm its appointment in the coming weeks.

Andrew Bland, chief executive for NHS South East London, said: ‘We are making great strides towards delivering neighbourhood health services that prioritise local communities. With integrators now in place across five of our six boroughs, I am proud to say we are close to completing the local infrastructure needed to support neighbourhood working across south east London, with Greenwich due to follow suit imminently.'

Integrators are organisations within each borough that will provide the core infrastructure to support effective integrated neighbourhood team working as it develops, ensuring services are tailored to meet local community needs and operate smoothly across organisational boundaries.

Professor Clive Kay, chief executive of King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,  Bromley integrator host, added: ‘We are pleased to support this important development, which builds on our existing partnership with One Bromley. As the host organisation, we will help support effective neighbourhood health services, which offer real benefits for patients, as well as local healthcare providers.'