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London Health Board
What the Board does
The London Health Board (LHB) is a non-statutory group chaired by the Mayor of London comprising elected leaders and key London professional health leads. It was established in March 2015 and meets four times a year, one meeting of which will be given over to an annual conference.
The aim of the Board is to drive improvements in London's health, care and health inequalities where political engagement at this level can uniquely make a difference. The London Health Board seeks to add value to work at local and sub-regional levels in three ways:
- Championing and supporting the spread of good practice.
- Challenging national partners and London’s health and care leadership to deliver improved health and wellbeing and health and care services for Londoners.
- Supporting London’s shared ambition for health and care transformation and improvement including through delivering on the currently devolution MOU and exploring further devolution.
The Health and Care Partnership and London Health Board work is also underpinned by the London Health and Care Vision which sets out 10 key areas of joint work to improve the health of Londoners.
Board members
Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, chairs the London Health Board. Read more about the Mayor.
Dr Tom Coffey is Senior Advisor to the Mayor, Health Policy. Read more about Tom here.
Professor Kevin Fenton, Regional Director Public Health England (London), is the Statutory Health Advisor to the Mayor of London. Read more about Kevin
She is determined to tackle health inequalities by ensuring everyone has the best possible opportunities with good housing, a safe and healthy environment and the possibility to live a fulfilling and happy life with secure employment.
Ruth is one of the Vice-Chairs on the London Councils' Executive and Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group.
She leads on Health for South West London, is the co-chair of the South West London Integrated Care Partnership and a member of the SWL Integrated Care Board.
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Councillor Nesil Caliskan was born and lives in the London Borough of Enfield which she now serves as Leader of the Council.
An active community campaigner for two decades, Councillor Caliskan served as an Executive Member of the National Union of Students while at university and has BA in Politics and International Relations (University of Reading) and an MSc in Politics & Communications from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
She was first elected as a Labour Party ward councillor in Enfield in 2015. In 2018 she became the first person from a Black or Minority Ethnic background, and the first woman, to be elected as Leader of Enfield Council.
She was re-elected into this position following the 2022 local elections. Her administration has a strong focus on delivering services that help and support residents, creating opportunities for young people, building more good quality and affordable housing for local people and investing in the borough’s town centres.
Councillor Caliskan is the Executive Member for Health, Wellbeing and Adult Care for London Councils and Chairs the Local Government Associations’ Safer & Stronger Communities Board, representing local government on a national level on crime, anti-social behaviour, police governance and accountability, community safety and other regulatory activities.
In 2022, she was elected by Labour councillors from across the country to sit on the Labour Party’s National Executive Committee.
Biography to follow.
Biography to follow.
Having held several senior roles at the Department of Health and been a member of its Board, Richard is extremely familiar with how Government works at the highest levels. Before his retirement in April 2015, he was responsible for ensuring that the department itself, along with the health service, managed their finances effectively; and for this role, Richard was accountable to parliament. He also had primary responsibility for NHS policy and the government’s relationship with the NHS and from 2011 to 2014 was also Head of the Government Finance profession.
Richard started his career with the National Audit Office and worked at the Department of Health on three separate occasions. Prior to his return to the Department in 2001, he was the finance director for National Savings & Investments.
Richard, who is a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, is married to Carole a retired nurse, has three children and is also a grandfather of four. Amongst his many interests, he is an avid follower of Leeds United. In 2003 he was awarded membership of The Gild of Freemen of the City of York, the city in which he was born. In 2006 he was awarded membership of the Order of the Bath (CB) for services to health.
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With 20 years of NHS Board experience, Marie is currently the Chair Designate of the North East London ICS and Chair of the NHS Race and Health Observatory. Prior to this, Marie chaired mental health and commissioning organisations with budgets up to £3bn. Her first NED role was as Vice Chair of an acute Trust.
Nationally, Marie is a member of NHS England's National People Board and Equality and Diversity Advisory Group and regionally, she is Co-Chair of the London People Board. Marie's background is in local government and the voluntary sector with particular experience in social justice, regeneration and equity.
She is currently Trustee of two East London charities and one national charity. Marie's contribution to her local community has been recognised through the award of the Freedom of the London Borough of Newham and her contribution to the NHS through the award of her CBE.
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Jo was raised and trained as a Dr in London, where she has exclusively worked; she has been a GP in Old Street, since 1999.
Jo is Chair of NHS North Central London CCG and works in close partnership with local authority & health service colleagues across London to drive the best outcomes for our residents. With a particular interest in workforce planning and development, she is a Clinical Commissioner representative on the London People Board. As London Region representative on the board of NHS Clinical Commissioners since 2017, she has worked to ensure that our London experience informs national commissioning strategy.
In the context of our Covid-19 response, she has led the response in primary care across NCL and as member of the London Clinical Advisory Group, has helped oversee the pathway changes critical to our response for London.
Looking beyond Covid-19, to our collective imperative to reduce the impact of climate change for future generations, she is appointed Clinical lead to drive achievement of a Net Zero Health Service and alignment with the aspirations of Our Vision for London.
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Cllr. Butt has lived in Brent all his life. He is a father of three, and his wife is a Brent registered child-minder. Born in Central Middlesex Hospital and schooled in the borough, he has represented his home ward Tokyngton since 2006.
First elected as Leader of the Council in May 2012, Cllr Butt has prioritised creating good jobs for local people, protecting the most vulnerable residents and supporting economic regeneration across Brent.
Muhammed will work with Tokynton’s local community including its local forums and neighbourhood watch groups to take up any issue, big or small.
Muhammed will be the local residents advocate, standing up for the things that matter to the community, from anti-social behaviour to environmental issues and improving Tokyngton’s roads and pavements.
His key priorities are affordable housing, good jobs and supporting young people for the best start in live. His driving energy is to provide hope, ambition and aspiration to the residents of Brent and Tokyngton.
Biography to follow.
Board meetings
The London Health Board meets three times per year. The meetings are closed but are broadcast live so Londoners can listen in and find out what issues are being discussed and what partners across the Health and Care system are doing to support the health and wellbeing of Londoners. The annual conference is an opportunity for the health and care partners to come together and identify priority area for Londoners, celebrate achievements and pledge how they will support health and wellbeing across the capital.
View each London Health Board meeting's published agendas and minutes.
View the London Health Board Terms of reference.
Past meetings
Meetings prior to December 2018 are listed below.
- LHB Meeting - 19 April 2018 Agenda | Public Meeting Record
- LHB Meeting - 27 June 2018 Agenda | Public Meeting Record
- LHB Conference - 25 October 2018
- LHB Meeting - 18 December 2018
- LHB Meeting - 1 March 2017 Agenda | Public Meeting Record
- LHB Meeting - 14 June 2017 Agenda | Public Meeting Record
- LHB Meeting - 5 October 2017 Agenda | Public Meeting Record
- LHB Meeting - 20 December 2017 Agenda | Public Meeting Record
- LHB Meeting - 28 June 2016 Agenda | Public Meeting Record
- LHB Meeting - 7 December 2016 Agenda | Public Meeting Record
- LHB Meeting - 12 March 2015 Agenda | Public Meeting Record
- LHB Meeting - 16 June 2015 Agenda | Public Meeting Record
- LHB Meeting - 8 October 2015 Agenda
- LHB Meeting - 14 December 2015 Agenda
Get in touch
For any queries relating to the London Health Board please contact Alison Stafford, LHB Secretariat Manager, at [email protected] or 07775031728.
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