The Greater London Authority, which provides London with its first directly elected Mayor, has important strategic powers and responsibilities that include a duty to improve the health of Londoners. This report considers how the GLA can best contribute to health improvement and to reducing health inequalities across the capital. It ...
This paper deals with the distribution of powers and responsibilities for health at the London regional level. It focuses on the structures and processes at the interface of the new Greater London Authority and the developing health partnerships across the capital. Do they provide enough scope for the Mayor and ...
Health Improvement Programmes (HImPs) are a key innovation in the Government's health policy. They are intended to bring together the main statutory and voluntary bodies in each health authority area, to plan and deliver measures to improve the health of the local population. The first round of HImPs was completed ...