Health

The Mayor has a role to play in leading, shaping and responding to changes in London through the work of the GLA group. Inclusive London: the Mayor's equality, diversity and inclusion strategy sets out how he will help address the inequalities, barriers and discrimination experienced by groups protected by the Equality Act 2010, as well as wider issues. These include...

A Low Emission Neighbourhood (LEN) is an area-based scheme that includes a package of measures focused on reducing emissions (and promoting sustainable living more generally). A LEN is delivered by a borough with support from the Greater London Authority (Mayor's Air Quality Fund), Transport for London (TfL) and the local community or Business Improvement Districts for Business LENs. For more information please visit-https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/environment/pollution-and-air-quality/mayors-air-quality-fund#acc-i-54331.

A Low Emission Neighbourhood (LEN) is an area-based scheme that includes a package of measures focused on reducing emissions (and promoting sustainable living more generally). A LEN is delivered by a borough with support from the Greater London Authority (Mayor's Air Quality Fund), Transport for London (TfL) and the local community or Business Improvement Districts for Business LENs. For more information please visit-https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/environment/pollution-and-air-quality/mayors-air-quality-fund#acc-i-54331.

This is the first natural capital account for London, and was supported by the Mayor of London, the National Trust and the Heritage Lottery Fund. The natural capital account assesses the economic value of different benefits that London and Londoners gain from the city’s public parks and other green spaces. For more information on the methodology and results of this analysis, please see the London.gov.uk website.

A heatwave refers to a prolonged period of unusually hot weather. While there is no standard definition of a heatwave in England, the Met Office generally uses the World Meteorological Organization definition of a heatwave, which is "when the daily maximum temperature of more than five consecutive days exceeds the average maximum temperature by 5°C, the normal period being 1961-1990"....

The London Assembly Constituency Profiles provide a summary of demographic and related data for each Greater London Assembly constituency. The profiles are designed to provide an overview of each area by combining data on a range of themes. Each constituency is compared to equivalent statistics for Greater London. The constituency profiles are formatted to show the most recent data for each...

This data outlines the latest data measuring the 10 key aspirations for London's Health as part of the overarching goal to make London the world's healthiest major global city. This page contains the initial baseline data published in 2014 in the report "Better Health for London: Next Steps", and updates these with more recent data and/or breaks these down by...

Over 660 Talk London users took part in the GLA's online health survey during March 2014. This explored people’s experiences of health services, views on health policies and health behaviours. An identical telephone poll with 1000 Londoners also ran between 14 and 16 March. The results will be used by the Mayor’s Health Team and the London Health Commission to...

FOCUSONLONDON2010:HEALTH:CHILDRENANDYOUNGPEOPLE The health and wellbeing of London’s children and young people is fundamental to the health of the city. The recent Marmot Review of health inequalities noted that “What a child experiences during the early years lays down the foundation for the whole of their life.” The Mayor’s Health Inequality Strategy for London responds to this by challenging all partners in...

These fuel poverty risk indicators provide users with a nuanced picture of the impact of various risk factors, exacerbating factors and indicators for fuel poverty. It was developed with the Assembly Health and Public Services Committee in their investigation into fuel poverty in London. The Committee's report explains how the tool could be used strategically to help organisations target specific...