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The time is now: Health in London report launch – Monday 30 April

Monday 30 April 2007

The London Health Commission (LHC) will publish a key five-year progress review on health inequalities policy and practice in London on Monday 30 April.

The 2007 Health in London report will be launched by Jennette Arnold, Chair of the London Health Commission and Assembley Member for North-East London, before an audience of health policy experts, practitioners and researchers at the Docklands Campus of the University of East London (UEL).

The report, which outlines areas of progress, also highlights the need to tackle persistent health inequalities and to focus efforts on those most in need, particularly, disabled people, black and minority ethnic groups, children and families in poverty and older people. It calls for closer working partnerships between agencies, co-ordinated health promotion interventions and better dissemination of knowledge to ensure focus on what works.

The report includes an independent review of progress over 5 years carried out by a team led by Professor Adrian Renton, Director of the Institute for Human Health and Development at the University of East London

At a pre-launch seminar open to the public, Professor Renton will speak alongside Dr Ian Basnett, Director of Public Health, Tower Hamlets Primary Care Trust and Chair of the London Health Commission, Hilary Thompson of the MRC Social and Public Research Unit and Alex Scott Samuel of Liverpool University and Helen Davies of the Greater London Authority.

The panelists will discuss the causes of health inequalities in London, and propose new solutions which will help shape the LHC’s recommendations to the Mayor of London and inform the development and successful evaluation of the Mayor’s Health Inequalities Strategy.

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For details and pictures contact Patrick Wilson: 020 8223 2061 or 07951 797 975

Reporters are invited to attend the seminar will take place at UEL’s Docklands Campus from 3.30 - 5pm on Monday 30 April, and the launch reception from 6 pm. University of East London University Way London E16 2RD

For details, registration and Embargoed copy of The 2007 Health in London report and photos, contact Gus Wilson on 020 7983 4120, or email Gus.Wilson@london.gov.uk.

London Health Commission is a unique strategic partnership that is working to improve the health and well-being of all Londoners and to reduce inequalities in health across the capital. It promotes a coordinated approach to action on the factors that affect health by influencing and working in partnership with policy makers and practitioners. www.londonshealth.gov.uk 

The University of East London (UEL) is a global learning community, with 20,000 students from over 120 countries world-wide. Our vision is to achieve recognition, both nationally and internationally, as a successful and inclusive regional university proud of our diversity, committed to new modes of learning which focus on students and enhance their employability, and renowned for our contribution to social, cultural and economic development, especially through our research and scholarship. We have a strong track-record in widening participation and working with industry. www.uel.ac.uk

Notes to Editors

The University of East London (UEL) is a global learning community with over 28,000 students from over 120 countries world-wide. Our vision is to achieve recognition, both nationally and internationally, as a successful and inclusive regional university proud of its diversity, committed to new modes of learning which focus on students and enhance their employability, and renowned for our contribution to social, cultural and economic development, especially through our research and scholarship. We have a strong track-record in widening participation and working with industry.

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