London Health Infrastructure Review Articles

Point-of-Care Diagnostics

CRP Point-of-Care Testing: How a Fingerstick Result Changes an Antibiotic Decision

How CRP point-of-care testing helps GPs decide whether a chest infection needs antibiotics, backed b...

Defibrillator Readiness & Upkeep

The Defibrillator Checklist: What a Weekly AED Visual Check Should Cover

A working defibrillator checklist covers more than a green light. Here is what a weekly visual check...

Obesity & Metabolic Health

NHS Weight Management Programme: How the Tier System Decides Who Gets What Support

England’s Tier 1-4 weight management pathway routes patients toward specialist care – but access sti...

Smoking, Air & Lung Health

The Targeted Lung Health Check: How London Screens Smokers for Early Lung Cancer

How the NHS Targeted Lung Health Check identifies lung cancer earlier in London’s current and former...

Commissioning & ICB Strategy

The NHS 10 Year Health Plan: What It Means for How London Commissions Care

The NHS 10 Year Plan reshapes how integrated care boards commission and fund care. Here is what chan...

Methodology & Editorial Standards

Corrections and Revisions: How This Review Fixes Errors in Public-Health Reporting

How the Review distinguishes revisions from corrections, what triggers a published correction, and h...

Access & Provision Gaps

NHS Dentists in London: Why Access Depends on Your Borough

London has more NHS dentists per head than any English region, yet in several boroughs most practice...

Air Quality & Respiratory Health

Which London Boroughs Have the Worst Air Quality? Comparing the Evidence

London’s air pollution varies sharply by borough. We compare the monitoring data and what the divide...

Triage & Assessment Kit

Wound Closure Strips: Equipping Same-Day Triage for Minor Lacerations

Why adhesive wound closure strips belong in every minor injuries triage kit, and the clinical criter...

Choosing Screening & Monitoring Equipment

Equipping NHS Health Checks: Blood Pressure, Cholesterol and BMI Kit

How GP practices and community providers specify the blood pressure, cholesterol and BMI kit an NHS...

Obesity & Metabolic Health

GP Exercise Referral Schemes: How London’s 12-Week Programmes Work

How London’s GP exercise referral scheme works: who qualifies, what the 12 weeks involve, and why th...

Community Mental-Health Provision

Mental Health Crisis Cafes: London’s Walk-In Alternative to A&E

How London’s borough-run crisis cafes and sanctuaries offer walk-in, out-of-hours mental health supp...