16th October 2019
A guide to social prescribing in London has been launched to transform the health of Londoners enabling them to access not just medical treatments but also provide them with the support to access community-based interventions. At least 20 per cent of people visit their GP for non-medical reasons. Social prescribing is a way of reducing visits […]
15th October 2019
The Mental Health Transformation Team are delighted to launch resources on HoNOS and DIALOG, designed to promote the use of patient outcome measures in Mental Health. Measuring outcome measures provides a way for patients, clinicians and the health and care systems to understand the impact of the care provided. Outcome measures can be used to […]
10th October 2019
London’s citywide movement to improve mental health and wellbeing, Thrive LDN, has worked in partnership with the Mayor of London’s Peer Outreach Team to takeover City Hall for an all-day young Londoner-led festival to mark World Mental Health Day (WMHD) 2019. The festival, which took place throughout the public spaces of City Hall on […]
10th October 2019
A project to improve care by empowering social care professionals to digitally connect with the NHS and accelerate the flow of vital information between health organisations and care homes in Newham, Tower Hamlets, Havering and Sutton has won a prestigious award. The collaborative project between Healthy London Partnership, Accenture and NHS Digital received an award […]
10th October 2019
By Dr. Ofra Koffman, Senior Project Manager, Healthy London Partnership Those with a severe mental illness suffer poor physical health compared with those without these illnesses and are likely to die younger as a result. More than 100,000 Londoners are living with a severe mental illness, such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. Current statistics suggest […]
9th October 2019
The market for Social Prescribing Case Management has been growing increasingly as Primary Care Networks start to employ Social Prescribing Link Workers. To help commissioners make an informed choice HLP commissioned the Health Innovation Network to conduct a market scoping review. The report provides a shortlist of products and their capabilities, and is available here
27th September 2019
We have a shared ambition to make London the world’s healthiest global city, and the best global city in which to receive health and care services. We know we need to work together across public services and wider society, both to make the most of opportunities for good health and tackle issues that cause poor […]
26th September 2019
On Monday, 7 October, Healthy London Partnership moved offices from Ferguson House in Marylebone, to Clifton House, 75-77 Worship Street, Hackney, London EC2A 2DU. All our email addresses and mobile phone numbers have remained the same but we will be using new landline numbers, and we will contact people with our new details as soon […]
19th September 2019
You may be aware that Falls Awareness Week starts next week from 23rd to 29th September and HLP are starting the campaign with some information about Chair Yoga – an accessible and safe exercise to improve strength and balance. You can see the presentation about this valuable activity here. Benefits of chair yoga Chair yoga […]
19th September 2019
Health writer, editor and clean air advocate Penny Hosie says woodburning stoves should be taken seriously as an asthma trigger. Here she explains why Several years ago, when my children were young, I visited my sister in Cornwall shortly after Christmas. It was a long drive and my eldest daughter, then aged 7, was at […]
