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Health Impact Assessments
Background: Greater Manchester Health & Social Care Partnership (GMHSCP) commissioned a set of Health Equity profiles, one for each of their seven Breast and Bowel Cancer Screening programmes, and a summary of the profiles of each of these two programmes across Greater...Read more
Background:
A training project was commissioned by a Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) on behalf of the four CCGs and local authorities in South London. The aim of the training project was to deliver on the ambition for early identification of mental health problems...Read more
In September 2013 the London Health Commission (LHC) was established by the Mayor of London. Lord Darzi – a cancer surgeon at St. Mary’s Hospital – was appointed by Boris Johnson to chair the London Health Commission. Over the past year, Darzi has led a panel of experts and involved 15,000 in...Read more
Background:
Merton is a borough in South London. The western half is affluent, the eastern half more deprived.
What was the problem?
There were local plans to build a new health care facility in East Merton, but there was no recent needs...Read more
Health Equality Audit: Dementia Services
Commissioned by an inner London PCT, PHAST were asked to assess whether dementia services provide equitable access to all who need them within the specified area. PHAST were also asked to provide insight and recommendations for strategy development and commissioning related to dementia services to ensure equitable provision.Read more
