‘In terms of health inequalities – as you all know the mayor has no direct, or actually even indirect powers in the area of health and certainly no strategic powers in the area of health...’
Oona King in Brixton on Wednesday 18th August
Actually the Mayor does have powers over health; ‘The GLA Act 2007 extended the Mayor’s powers in relation to a number of key areas of public policy and decision-making, including housing, planning, health inequalities and climate change, and the Further Education and Training Act 2007 gave the Mayor new powers in relation to skills.3 Through these mechanisms the Mayor can exert significant power and influence over transport, policing, fire and emergency planning and economic development in London.’
Oona King in Brixton on Wednesday 18th August
Actually the Mayor does have powers over health; ‘The GLA Act 2007 extended the Mayor’s powers in relation to a number of key areas of public policy and decision-making, including housing, planning, health inequalities and climate change, and the Further Education and Training Act 2007 gave the Mayor new powers in relation to skills.3 Through these mechanisms the Mayor can exert significant power and influence over transport, policing, fire and emergency planning and economic development in London.’
And it may surprise Oona to know that the Mayors responsibilities include prepare a strategy to tackle London’s health inequalities and promote the reduction of health inequalities in London.
The Mayor even has a Health Adviser. Perhaps Oona should give her a call and find out a little more about this area of the Mayors office.
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