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  1. London healthcare leader honoured for work to help people experiencing rough sleeping during pandemic

    A London health leader who has played a key role in the response to COVID-19 in the capital has been awarded an OBE in The Queen’s Birthday Honours 2021. Jemma Gilbert, who has led efforts to protect the city’s large and extremely vulnerable homeless population on behalf of the NHS, is recognised for services to […]

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  2. Toolkit: #RightInhalerImage Campaign

    We invite you to work with us on this campaign. As part of World Asthma Day 2021 What action can you take? Join our social movement for change #RightInhalerImage which commences on World Asthma Day May 5th 2021. Pledge to use appropriate images. Support us in asking the media to remove inappropriate images from publications […]

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  3. Report: Mental health in schools: Positive Practice Report

    London’s programme of Mental Health in Schools Teams (MHSTs) was established in 2017, through a Trailblazer Programme. The teams have remained in place throughout the pandemic, working in different ways to continue to deliver services to young people and their families to support mental health needs. This report draws together learning from MHSTs’ collective experience, […]

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  4. Publication of Children and Young People’s Mental Health Inequalities Data Snapshots

    The Healthy London Partnership (HLP) Children and Young People’s Mental Health (CYP MH) programme has produced data inequalities snapshots for each Integrated Care System (ICS) in London. The purpose of these data snapshots is to support local systems in addressing health inequalities in access, experience, and outcomes in CYP MH care. This could support system partners to […]

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  5. A snapshot of how Good Thinking supported Londoners over the past year and what we’ve learned over the past year

    Good Thinking, London’s digital mental wellbeing service, has published an Insights report summarising the range of activities and support provided to Londoners between March 2020 and March 2021. The report includes information about how Londoners are using the service, and how it has adapted throughout the different stages of the pandemic. It also demonstrates how […]

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  6. Healthy London Partnership and Greater London Authority wins prestigious Health Service Journal Award

    Healthy London Partnership, Greater London Authority and over 20 National and International partners have been awarded the Health and Local Government Partnership award for the London Homeless Health response to Covid-19 at the 40th HSJ Awards. The HSJ Awards is revered for its role in shedding light on these important qualities and their value in […]

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  7. Those hardest hit before the Covid crisis have been disproportionately affected, says new report from Toynbee Hall and Thrive LDN

    As we approach the first anniversary of the first national lockdown, there is growing evidence that the pandemic has widened pre-existing inequalities. The coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis has not affected everybody equally, says a new report from Toynbee Hall and Thrive LDN. Pandemic Stories Publishing early findings today, Pandemic Stories -a peer-to-peer research report by Toynbee Hall with […]

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  8. Guidelines published to improve care for children and young people in mental health crisis in London

    As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many experts are warning of an increase in mental ill-health, including among CYP. In October 2020, new data revealed that one in six 5 to 16-year-olds in England have been identified as having a probable mental health disorder. This figure has increased from one in nine in 2017 […]

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  9. Six arts-based mental health programmes confirmed for Merton and Southwark

    Healthy London Partnership (HLP), in partnership with Arts Council England and the Mayor of London, is pleased to announce that six arts and cultural organisations have been awarded funding to run pilot social prescribing programmes in Merton and Southwark boroughs aimed at helping to improve people’s mental health and wellbeing. The successful arts and cultural organisations are: Clod […]

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  10. Checking in: Voices of young people during lockdown

    ‘Checking in: Voices of young people during lockdown’ began with a simple premise – how are young people coping with COVID-19?. It developed into an in-depth online listening project run by Partnership for Young London and Good Thinking, with the support of TikTok. The guiding principles were that the project should be youth-focused, safe, collaborative, […]

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