London Health Infrastructure Review Articles

Air Quality & Respiratory Health

The Daily Air Quality Index Explained: What London’s Pollution Bands Mean for Your Lungs

A plain-English guide to the UK’s Daily Air Quality Index and what its Low-to-Very-High bands actual...

Relieving A&E Pressure

Community Falls Response Services: How London Keeps Fallen Older Residents Out of A&E

Falls response teams reach older people at home after a fall, treating many on the spot instead of c...

Integration of Health & Social Care

Discharge to Assess: How the NHS and Councils Share Patient Discharge

Discharge to assess moves patients out of hospital before care needs are assessed. Here is how NHS t...

Uncategorized

Urgent Treatment Centres: What They Treat and Where They Fit In London Care

A plain-English guide to what an urgent treatment centre actually treats, how it differs from A&E an...

Air Quality & Respiratory Health

ULEZ and London Air Quality: What a Decade of Evidence Shows for Respiratory Health

What GLA, TfL, Imperial College and University of Bath research actually shows about ULEZ’s effect o...

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Vaccine Fridge Standards: Cold-Chain Compliance for Community Immunisation

What the 2-8°C storage standard for vaccine fridges actually requires of GP practices and pharmacies...

Ten Years On

GP Access in London: What the 2014 Promise of 8am-to-8pm Care Actually Delivered

A decade after Better Health for London called for GP networks and longer hours, what does the evide...

Remote Patient-Monitoring Kit

After the Virtual Ward: How Monitoring Kits Are Collected, Cleaned and Reused

What happens to pulse oximeters, BP cuffs and tablets once a virtual ward patient recovers, and the...

Cardiovascular & Hypertension Screening

Blood Pressure Cuff Size: The Screening Error Hiding in Plain Sight

The wrong cuff size can add or hide up to 20mmHg on a blood pressure reading. Here’s why fit matters...

Borough Health Briefings

Cancer Screening Uptake by London Borough: The Gap Between Kensington and Havering

NHS breast, cervical and bowel screening rates vary sharply by borough. A look at where London falls...

Community Nursing Equipment

The District Nursing Bag: What’s Inside the Kit That Brings Care Home

What actually goes into a district nursing bag, and why the two-bag system exists to keep home visit...

Point-of-Care Diagnostics

Who Owns Point-of-Care Testing Quality Assurance in a GP Practice?

Deploying a near-patient testing device is the easy part. Here is who is actually accountable for ke...