How London builds a healthier city — borough by borough, clinic by clinic.
A civic continuation of the London Health Commission's 2014 inquiry, Better Health for London. We examine the equipment and infrastructure — the kit in GP surgeries, urgent-care centres, community teams and prevention programmes — that turns health policy into care, at the scale of a capital of nine million people.
Four areas where infrastructure decides outcomes
Better health for London is delivered in physical places, with real equipment. The Review examines four — the same four that determine whether the capital's care system can meet demand.
Primary Care
What a modern London GP surgery and community clinic actually needs — examination equipment, point-of-care diagnostics, the vaccination cold chain, and accessible, inclusive design.
Urgent Care
The kit behind urgent treatment centres and same-day access — triage, minor-injuries and diagnostics that relieve pressure on London's hospitals and A&E departments.
Prevention
The monitoring and screening technology behind the prevention agenda — air quality, blood-pressure and cardiovascular screening, and obesity and smoking-cessation programmes at city scale.
Community Care
The equipment that delivers care closer to home — remote monitoring, community-nursing kit, assistive technology, and the outfitting of mobile and outreach services across the boroughs.
London's health, at a glance
The scale the Commission set out to serve — and the scale at which infrastructure decisions compound.
London should be the world's healthiest major global city. The means to get there are not mysterious — they are practical, deliverable, and rest on getting the right care, in the right place, properly equipped.
Latest insights & briefings
Evidence-led commentary on equipping a healthier capital.
Better Health for London — what delivering it requires today
Revisiting the 2014 recommendations and the equipment and infrastructure their delivery now depends on.
Health inequalities by borough — how clinic capacity differs across London
Where kit, capacity and access diverge across the 32 boroughs, and what closes the gap.
Prevention at city scale — the monitoring behind population health
Air quality, screening programmes, and the technology behind the prevention agenda.
Equipping London for better health is a practical question — and a civic one.
Whether you commission for a borough, run a primary or urgent-care service, or shape London's health strategy, the Review is a non-partisan, evidence-led resource on the infrastructure that delivers care.