The London Public Health Forum is a collaboration between the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities London in partnership with the Faculty of Public Health, ADPH London, the UK Health Security Agency, Greater London Authority and NHS England London.
Chaired by Prof Kevin Fenton, the London Public Health Forum is an opportunity to come together as a public health community to discuss strategic, urgent and critical public health issues in our city.
The Forum allows us to collaborate, strengthen networks and share innovative solutions to improve the health of all Londoners and reduce health inequalities.
The Forum is an opportunity to hear from prominent and world-renowned system leaders, speakers and thinkers to discuss how to best tackle key public health challenges in London.
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Housing Quality, Safety and Health webinar, 28 March 2025
The Housing Quality, Safety and Health webinar, for public health and integrated health care professionals:
- outlined the evidence on the impact of housing and health
- presented an overview of current legislation and reforms, and
- explored some of the challenges and opportunities in the London region.
For questions, queries or comments, please contact londondampandmould@dhsc.gov.uk
Damp and Mould in the Home – a Public Health Issue
Everyone has the right to live in a warm, secure and decent home yet too many people are still living in a home with damp and mould, which may be putting their health at risk.
In London, a multi-agency group of local government and health system partners – including ADPH London, the GLA, NHS England (London region), the UKHSA and OHID London have been working together to develop guidance and tools to support emerging national guidance safeguard the most vulnerable from the health impacts of damp and mould in the home.
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MECC Link London is a simple but flexible online tool that has been carefully designed to support an approach to positive behaviour change called ‘Making Every Contact Count’ (MECC).
MECC Link helps you to raise awareness, motivate and signpost people to help them to improve their health and wellbeing. MECC Link gives you access a full range of signposting information for health improvement, including self-care and local support services, all in one place.
MECC Link London
Pan-London Continuity of Care and Substance Misuse Toolkit
The Office of Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) London has developed a Pan-London Continuity of Care and Substance Misuse Toolkit for use by partners involved in improving the rates of continuity of care between prison and community treatment settings for people with a substance misuse need.
The toolkit was developed by a range of partners across London and both Local Authority and NHSE commissioners support its use by operational staff managing the pathway between prison and community treatment. Read more
The components include:
- The London Information Exchange Form (LIEF) – to support two-way communication, information sharing and an active referral process between prisons and community substance misuse teams. The LIEF will replace other referral forms from 1 April.
- Pan London Prescribing Framework – outlines the steps community pharmacies and prison teams should take to optimise continuity of Opioid substitution prescribing. Focusing on clinical information exchange, the framework expands the use of FP10s (bridging scripts) for people going to Court without a community appointment.
- Enhanced Treatment Offer Audit Checklist – for Local Authority commissioned treatment and recovery providers to audit and improve personalised treatment and recovery offers, based on Lived Experience and partnership feedback.
- Lived Experience engagement report and recommendations – (Collective Voice)
