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NHS London (or "London Strategic Health Authority") was a
strategic health authority Strategic health authorities (SHA) were part of the structure of the National Health Service in England between 2002 and 2013. Each SHA was responsible for managing performance, enacting directives and implementing health policy as required by the ...
of the
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in
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. It operated in the
London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...
region, which is coterminous with the local government office region. The authority closed as part of the
Health and Social Care Act 2012 The Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7) is an Act of Parliament (UK), act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It provided for the most extensive reorganisation of the structure of the National Health Service (England), National Health Ser ...
on 31 March 2013. NHS London provided strategic leadership for all of the NHS health services in the capital. NHS London has overall responsibility for the performance of 31
Primary care trust Primary care trusts (PCTs) were part of the National Health Service in England from 2001 to 2013. PCTs were largely administrative bodies, responsible for commissioning primary, community and secondary health services from providers. Until 31 May ...
s, in 6 clusters, 20 acute trusts, three mental health trusts and the
London Ambulance Service The London Ambulance Service NHS Trust (LAS) is an NHS trust responsible for operating ambulances and answering and responding to urgent and medical emergency, emergency medical situations within the Greater London, London region of England. The ...
. A further 16 trusts in London are self-governing as foundation trusts. The first Chair was George Greener, who resigned in September 2008 and was succeeded by Sir Richard Sykes. The final Chief Executive was
Ruth Carnall Dame Ruth Carnall DBE (born July 1956) was the last Chief Executive of NHS London before it was abolished in 2013. Ruth has worked at all levels of the NHS for over 30 years and worked as an independent consultant with various public and private ...
. Richard Sykes resigned as Chair in May 2010 over the incoming government's decision to halt planned hospital reorganisations in London, which included the closure of A&E and maternity units and the building of new
polyclinic A polyclinic (where ''poly'' means "many"; not to be confused with the homonym policlinic, where ''poli'' means "city" and which is sometimes used for a hospital's outpatient department) is a clinic or health care facility that provides both g ...
s. Professor Mike Spyer became the Interim Chair of the Board in 2010 and was confirmed as the permanent chair in 2011.


Healthcare for London

In December 2006, NHS London asked Professor Sir Ara Darzi to "develop a strategy to meet Londoners' health needs over the next five to ten years". The report ''Healthcare for London: A Framework for Action'' was published on 11 July 2007. The Healthcare for London strategy has been discontinued since the change of government in May 2010, however, a number of pan-London NHS programmes remain within London Health Programmes http://www.londonhp.nhs.uk/


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Official websiteHealthcare for London
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London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...
2013 disestablishments in England