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  1. Homeless Health workstream update: drug and alcohol – April 2022

    The bespoke Pan-London Substance Misuse Programme for people who sleep rough, are in hostel accommodation, or at risk of return to the street, offers people currently sleeping rough a potentially life-saving opportunity to access valuable substance misuse treatment and recovery services that have been designed to meet their needs and vulnerabilities. The programme aims to maximise and maintain […]

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  2. Homeless Health workstream update: mental health – April 2022

    The London Homeless Mental Health Steering Group was convened in September 2021. The group is chaired by Sharon Spain, Director of Nursing and Quality SWLSTG. The group aims to provide systems leadership in relation to the development and delivery of a mental health action plan and opportunities to optimise the impact of the NHS Long […]

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  3. Homeless Health workstream update: out-of-hospital care – April 2022

    Healthy London Partnership (HLP)  secured funding from the Shared Outcomes Fund to help transform a pan-London approach to the out-of-hospital intermediate care, social care and recovery pathway for the homeless population across London. The funding has been used to assemble a project team to scope and deliver this project. Recent work has included: Developing and […]

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  4. Homeless Health workstream update: primary care – April 2022

    Dr Jasmin Malik is chairing the London Homeless Health Primary Care Steering Group, which has been established to bring key partners together at the city level, to oversee the citywide primary care workstream. Amongst others, the group will work to: develop primary care commissioning around homelessness services and close the gap in GP registration for […]

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  5. Homeless Health clinical leads update – April 2022

    Co-Clinical Leads Dr Jasmin Malik and Dr Caroline Shulman joined HLP’s Homeless Health programme in September 2021. Jasmin and Caroline bring valuable skill sets to their joint leadership role having worked with inclusion health groups in primary care across London for a number of years. Working within the homeless health network, their combined knowledge, experience and […]

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  6. London Homeless Health Partner newsletter

    London Homeless Health Partner newsletter Join our mailing list Sign up to our mailing list to receive key updates and news about our programme, and the latest work from our partners across London.   April 2022 Read full edition Clinical leads update Full workstream updates Drug & alcohol Mental health Out-of-hospital care Primary care   […]

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  7. Learning Together: Mental Health in Schools Celebration Event

    On Thursday 24 March 2022, Healthy London Partnership’s (HLP) children and young people (CYP) mental health team hosted the ‘Learning Together: Mental Health in Schools Celebration’ event. Over 250 attendees joined the event from a range of organisations including health, education, local authorities, and voluntary and charity sectors. Young people and their families also attended and […]

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  8. Cervical Screening Pilot Improvement Projects

    London has some of the lowest rates of uptake and coverage of the Cervical Screening Programme in the UK and the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed areas of health inequalities across the capital where this disparity is higher. A series of Primary Care Network (PCN) improvement projects started in 2019 offer some insight in how to […]

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  9. National Quality of Life Survey

    The national Cancer Quality of Life survey in England was launched in response to the NHS Long Term Plan commitment to introduce an innovative Quality of Life metric to track and respond to the long-term impact of cancer. After a process of piloting and refining the methodology, the survey was launched in September 2020 to […]

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  10. London Imaging and Endoscopy Academies

    The Transforming Cancer Services Team are contributing to the founding and development of London Imaging and Endoscopy Academies. These academies are a collaboration between NHS England, Health Education England and London Integrated Care Systems to support the delivery of training for diagnostic teams across London. The idea of the academies is to support and enhance […]

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