Professor Darzi, director of the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London, will head up the new clinically-led London Health Commission, which will conduct an evidence-based investigation into healthcare provision and resources for Londoners.
“I am delighted to have been approached by the Lord Mayor to lead this independent commission,” Prof. Darzi said. “I have always believed that as a leading world city London should have exemplary health services to match. I will consider over the next few weeks how best to establish this vital work. These arrangements will be announced in due course.” The London Health Commission will be established by the Mayor of London to help support the work of the London Health Board, which was set up earlier this year by London councils, the Mayor and key health partners to provide strategic leadership across the capital. The London Health Commission will focus on three key areas. Firstly, it will establish whether the specific needs of London's diverse population are adequately understood by Government and reflected in allocation formulae. Secondly, it will assess the sustainability of healthcare services in the capital, looking at the systems that prevent Londoners getting ill in the first place, identifying current and future challenges, based on the changing needs of the population, its use of services, from primary to acute care, and social to community care. Thirdly, London is home to some of the country's leading health research institutions and the commission will consider how they and their partners can best be supported.
