Healthcare for London - Consulting the Capital
Following proposals made in a report commissioned by NHS London
entitled
"Healthcare for London - A framework for action" (July
2007).
Primary Care Trusts and Local Authorities London formed two
pan-London groups in order to work together to examine the
proposals, which set out how services could be improved healthcare
over a 10-year period.
The report was written by Professor Sir Ara Darzi, now a junior
Government minister.
A public consultation took place between 30 November 2007 and 7
March 2008 to respond to the report and a document called
"Healthcare for
London - Consulting the Capital" was made available to the
public via libraries, health centres and GP and dental
surgeries.
We all need to use health services at some point in our lives
and people in Redbridge were given opportunities to say what they
thought could be done to ensure better, safer and more
accessible healthcare in the Borough, so if you contributed to
this consultation, thanks for having your say!
Pan London Joint Overview and Scrutiny Committee (JOSC)
Review
As part of the consultation, Scrutiny Committees across London
and in South East England joined together for the first time to set
up a pan-London Joint Overview and Scrutiny Committee ( JOSC
) to review the proposals of Sir Ara Darzi’s report.
This is the first time a joint local authority JOSC has operated
on such a scale, representing a population of over seven million
Londoners and residents in Essex and Surrey.
Papers relating to the review are available below:
Minutes of the meeting held on 25 April 2008 - to
follow.
What happens after this review has taken place?
Once NHS London has considered the recommendations and responses
received from the Primary Care Trust group, other organisations and
the public, they will publish their views on how the proposals
could best be applied to local services and will seek to consult
with local residents.
The pan-London
JOSC
is due to meet
again in the Autumn to receive this feedback.
Cllr Thomas Chan, Cabinet Lead for Housing and Health said: " I
welcome this report and appreciate the dedication of all the
representatives and contributors in undertaking such an inclusive
and well planned review.
"I share the concern that NHS and local authority colleagues
need to work more in partnership, which is essential to the
delivery of a more integrated health and social care service.
I look forward to future opportunities for local residents to
shape health and social are services that meet their needs."