We are working with partners to improve Londoners access to the health and social care they need.
Equitable access to high quality health and social care services
Investment in public services needs to focus on reducing the gaps in health outcomes experienced by different groups and areas. In addition, the strategy emphasises the importance of health promotion approaches and early intervention.
Commitments
The commitments below underpin the actions set out in First Steps to Delivery. To ensure equitable access to health and social care, the Mayor will work with partners to:
- Call upon local political leadership to champion action on health inequalities and lead the discussion locally on enhanced collaborative working with the relevant PCT and local community leaders.
- Lobby for a fair share of resources for London’s health and social care services and increase investment in public health, prevention, and early years intervention.
- Influence the NHS and boroughs in London to make more equitable allocation of resources and promote more effective commissioning to improve services for disadvantaged groups and areas.
- Improve the accessibility of health and social care services and invest in provision of advocacy, information, advice and language support to enable excluded groups to make effective use of relevant services.
- Track and report on progress to improve the quality and accessibility of health and social care services.
Beyond this, the London Health Inequalities Strategy will initiate new actions where we have identified gaps. This includes:·
- challenging councils to appoint a cabinet member responsible for health inequalities
- reviewing current access to services for Londoners with alcohol or drugs needs and identifying those areas which require additional responses
- putting protocols in place to ensure that groups with high mobility such as families in temporary accommodation can register with a GP and
- developing a coordinated approach to health services for London’s rough sleepers and homeless people.
London Health Inequalities Strategy
London Health Inequalities Strategy
First Steps to Delivery
