Wellbeing and Regeneration

Project: Health Inequalities in London

Project Lead: Adrian Renton, Jurgen Schmidt, Patrick Tobi

Project Partners:

• London Health Commission (LHC)
• Greater London Authority (GLA)

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The study was commissioned by the Greater London Authority (GLA) and London Health Commission (LHC) to support preparation of the 2006 Health in London report. It reviewed progress made by LHC partners individually and collectively on health, health inequalities and their wider determinants in London. Recommendations from the past four annual Health in London reports formed the basis for stock taking of regional and local action around the issues highlighted and identification of opportunities to progress action on health inequalities in London. Copies of previous reports can be found at http://www.londonshealth.gov.uk/hinl.htm

The review took place over 8 weeks between September and November 2006 with information collected by a IHHD team through a multi-methods approach that combined a desk review of partners published reports and activities, questionnaire survey and depth interviews. The report captured the diversity of players and roles in the London health economy including service commissioning and delivery, funding, scrutiny and monitoring, advising, provision of evidence and advocacy. It highlighted how different partners have used their different roles to achieve progress, the barriers they have overcome, and the factors which have contributed to success. By ensuring that experiences are shared, London’s partners for health will learn from each other, and increase the effectiveness and coherence of their work on health inequalities and their wider determinants.

References

Full details of the review will form a section of the 2006 Health in London report due to be published soon.

For further details contact: Patrick Tobi

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