Health services in London.

Health Weeks in London

the sick ; now the advent of preventive medicine augurs, let us hope, a new era for mankind. The idea that disease can be arrested at its beginning, and much misery and sorrow saved, has received scientific as well as popular encouragement ; and it is from the popular side?to bring the matter home to the man in the street? that Health Week was originally founded. A certain amount of apathy exis...

Health impact assessments in London: assessing the London Mayoral strategies.

Between 2001 and 2003 the London Health Commission undertook health impact assessments (HIAs) on a series of strategies developed by the Greater London Authority and the Mayor of London. The HIAs were rapid, each involving a literature review and a participant workshop. In all cases the reports made a series of recommendations that were given to the Mayor. The HIAs led to changes and ensured th...

Ethics in family planning/reproductive health services

Planning in the Face of Politics: Reshaping Children’s Health Services in Inner London

An evaluation of occupational health services within the NHS in London.

AIMS To establish the nature, extent and organization of occupational health service provision for employees within the National Health Service (NHS) in London and to review the systems for monitoring performance. METHODS Human resources directors and occupational health managers were contacted from a random selection of NHS trusts in the London area and invited to complete an interviewer-led...