GLA Group Public Health Unit
The Mayor established the Greater London Authority Group Public Health Unit because in order reduce health inequalities, we must also tackle the wide ranging factors that affect a person’s health, including housing, transport, environment, employment and skills, community safety, social cohesion and discrimination, and poverty.
The GLA Group Public Health Unit works across the GLA and four organisations in the wider GLA Group, to ensure that prevention, resilience and tackling health inequalities are part of each organisation’s strategy and planning.
Led by the GLA Group Director of Public Health, the unit is hosted by the GLA and serves:
- The Mayor, Assembly and GLA
- The London Fire Commissioner (LFC)
- The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) and Violence Reduction Unit (VRU)
- The Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC)
- Transport for London (TfL)
Working together to improve the health of Londoners
The Public Health Unit works closely with the Mayor’s Health and Wellbeing Team, which leads on implementing the Health Inequalities Strategy and delivering the Mayor’s manifesto commitments to support the health of Londoners.
As part of London’s public health ecosystem, the Public Health Unit works alongside local authority public health teams, and regional and national teams in the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID), the UK Health Security Agency (UKSHA) and the NHS.
Where to find out more
- Professor Kevin Fenton, London Regional Director of Public Health (OHID) and the Mayor’s Statutory Adviser on Health introduces the new unit.
- Vicky Hobart, GLA Group Director of Public Health and the Mayor’s Deputy Statutory Adviser on Health, explains how the public health unit is supporting London’s journey to become the healthiest global city.