The Mayors Health Inequalities Strategy sets out his plans to tackle unfair differences in health to make London a healthier, fairer city. This dataset reports the 14 headline population health indicators that will be used to monitor London’s progress in reducing health inequalities over the next ten years. The themes of the indicators are listed below. The measures will monitor an identified inequality gap between defined populations. Healthy life expectancy at birth – male Healthy life expectancy at birth – female Children born with low birth weight School readiness among children Excess weight in children at age 10-11 (year 6) Excess mortality in adults with serious mental illness Suicide Mortality caused by Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Employment Feeling of belonging to a community (provisional) HIV late diagnosis People diagnosed with TB Adults walking or cycling for two periods of ten minutes each day Smoking

While London tends to have better health outcomes than the rest of the UK, stark ethnic and socioeconomic inequalities remain. The Snapshot of Health Inequalities in London provides a high-level overview of major inequalities issues affecting Londoners with thematic packs on climate, children and young people, and the cost of living. This is a resource intended to inform health and non-health specialists. It will inform action on health inequalities across all strategies, policies and programmes, supporting a health in all policies approach. Webinar ‘Exploring the London Snapshot of Health Inequalities’ webinar presents the key findings followed by a panel discussion, covering five priority areas: Child health equity Cardiovascular health Mental health Poverty and economy Climate and environment Watch the webinar here. Development of the resource Greater London Authority (GLA) Health, GLA City Intelligence Unit, Office for Health Improvement and Disparities London (OHID), Association of Directors of Public Health London (ADPH), NHSE and Institute of Health Equity (IHE) have collaboratively produced this report. The snapshot brings together published data. The topics and themes have been identified with partners through iterative discussion. Originally published in 2022, this updated and expanded version was published in July 2024.

FOCUSONLONDON2010:HEALTH:CHILDRENANDYOUNGPEOPLE The health and wellbeing of London’s children and young people is fundamental to the health of the city. The recent Marmot Review of health inequalities noted that “What a child experiences during the early years lays down the foundation for the whole of their life.” The Mayor’s Health Inequality Strategy for London responds to this by challenging all partners in London to create “conditions that lead to better early years experiences”. This chapter, authored by colleagues at the London Health Observatory, provides recent evidence on the health experience of children and young people in London. The report includes data about the Local Index of Child Wellbeing, infant mortality, breastfeeding, immunisation, injury, childhood obesity, physical activity, diet, smoking, alcohol consumption, drug use, teenage conceptions and sexual health. It reveals many areas of inequality within the city, but also highlights the ways in which London’s children are doing well. REPORT: Access the full report in PDF format PRESENTATION: This interactive presentation about children’s health in London looks into some of the factors that may have an effect on the high childhood obesity figures in London. Access the presentation at Prezi.com CHART: This interactive scatterplot allows users to observe the relationship between some of the health indicators in the report with a selection of other socio-economic data for each of London’s 32 boroughs. Scatterplot RANKINGS: An informative regional rankings scorecard has been created showing where London sits in relation to the other English regions on a number of indicators contained within the report. Rankings DATA: All the data contained within the health report and used to create the scatterplot and rankings scorecard can be accessed in this spreadsheet. FACTS: Some interesting facts from the report… ● Five boroughs with highest teenage conception rates in 2008: Lambeth – 71.5 Lewisham – 68.7 Southwark – 68.0 Greenwich – 66.7 Hackney and City of London – 61.5 -31. Richmond upon Thames – 23.6 -32. Harrow – 23.1 ● The percentage of London women who smoke during pregnancy was lower than all other English regions, and around half the England average - one in 13 women in London and one in 7 nationally in 2008/09. Other interesting facts from the Datastore… ● Five boroughs with the highest rates for children in Year 6 at risk of obesity 2008/09: Southwark – 26.7% Tower Hamlets – 25.7% Lambeth – 25.3% Newham – 24.6% Barking and Dagenham – 24.2% -31. Bromley – 16.0% -32. Richmond-upon-Thames – 11.7% ● London has always had the lowest levels of children immunised by their second birthday against Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) compared with other regions (since regional data was first available in 1988/89). Highest – 87 per cent (1995/96) Lowest – 70 per cent (2003/04) Now – 76 per cent (2008/09) ● Five boroughs with the highest rates of hospital admissions due to injury of children (0-17) 2008/09: Hackney – 126.2 Tower Hamlets – 123.1 Hammersmith and Fulham – 117.7 Islington – 115.0 Waltham Forest – 112.5 -31. Richmond upon Thames – 63.4 -32. Kingston upon Thames – 40.2

Responsibility for public health was devolved to local authorities in 2013/14. They are now responsible for improving the health of their local population and reducing health inequalities. The reports featured on this page are rapid analyses conducted by City Intelligence at the GLA, examining the public health grants that are allocated to London local authorities each year. Reports are available for the grants allocated for 2020 to 2021, 2022 to 2023 and 2024 to 2025.

Description This data companion pack is a resource intended to frame and be read alongside the linked Evidence Review: Housing and Health Inequalities in London (available on the Institute of Health Equity website) . The resource provides intelligence and context on the housing and health inequalities in London only, while the accompanying rapid review of evidence for interventions contains the recommendations for action. This pack is intended to provide a high-level overview of the best available data on housing in London and the key housing-related health inequalities issues faced by Londoners, in correlation with the IHE Evidence Review: Housing and Health Inequalities in London. This pack identifies how certain groups in the population are at greatest risk of housing-related health inequalities, as well as noting gaps in available data for particularly excluded groups. The pack provides a platform for partnership work on housing-related health inequalities across London, including providing an overview of key issues, and identifying key gaps in intelligence that would help improve understanding of housing-related inequalities across the capital. Audience It will be useful for health leaders, analysts, officers, and policy makers from local and regional government, integrated care systems, and more, to address housing-related health inequalities by - Advocating for the need for action to address housing inequalities, given impacts on health and health inequalities Framing the context for the interventions highlighted in the linked rapid review of interventions Engaging communities Development of this resource The Institute of Health Equity (IHE), Greater London Authority (GLA) Health, GLA City Intelligence Unit, Office for Health Improvement and Disparities London (OHID), Association of Directors of Public Health London (ADPH), and NHSE have collaboratively produced this report, as part of the Building the Evidence (BTE) programme of work The sources of data available and topics included have been identified from existing published data, working in partnership through iterative discussion The resource is provided in PDF and PowerPoint format to support colleagues in their work to There is no current plan for periodic updates of this resource, though this will be discussed on completion of this programme of work