Aspirations
In March 2015, the Mayor of London, NHS England, Public Health England, London Councils and the 32 GP-led clinical commissioning groups came together to outline how they would work towards London becoming the world’s healthiest major city.
In response, Healthy London Partnership formed to take direct action on the challenges set out in the London Health Commission’s Better Health for London report and the NHS Five Year Forward View. The aim was for it to lead on areas where the NHS has the biggest role to play. Healthy London Partnership was asked to work with NHS commissioners and providers at all levels and other partner organisations to make the best use of resources and build on best practice to improve the health and well-being of all Londoners. It was also asked to explore how London could benefit from more autonomy to improve the future of the capital’s health.
10 aspirations for London
Following on from Better Health for London, all partners published Better Health for London: Next Steps setting out shared ambitions and how they will measure progress towards the following shared goals:
Give all London’s children a healthy, happy start to life
Get London fitter with better food, more exercise and healthier living
Make work a healthy place to be in London
Help Londoners to kick unhealthy habits
Care for the most mentally ill in London so they live longer, healthier lives
Enable Londoners to do more to look after themselves
Ensure that every Londoner is able to see a GP when they need to and at a time that suits them
Create the best health and care services of any world city, throughout London and on every day
Fully engage and involve Londoners in the future health of their city
Put London at the centre of the global revolution in digital health
More information
Visit the Mayor of London’s website to read Better Health for London: Next Steps
