Greater London Authority Act 1999

[F1 309E The Mayor's health inequalities strategy E+W

(1) The Mayor shall prepare and publish a document to be known as the “health inequalities strategy”.

(2) The strategy shall contain the Mayor's proposals and policies for promoting the reduction of health inequalities between persons living in Greater London.

(3) The proposals and policies are to be addressed to the mitigation of differences in general health determinants (see section 309F(5)).

(4) The strategy must—

(a) identify any issues that appear to the Mayor to be major health issues where there are health inequalities between persons living in Greater London,

(b) identify those inequalities,

(c) specify priorities for reducing those inequalities,

(d) describe the role to be performed by any relevant body or person for the purpose of implementing the strategy.

(5) For the purposes of this section, each of the following are relevant bodies or persons—

(a) the Authority,

(b) any functional body,

(c) any London borough council,

(d) the Common Council,

(e) the Health Adviser,

F2 (f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F3 (g) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F4 (ga) the Secretary of State in relation to the exercise of functions under section 2A or 2B of, or paragraph 7C, 8 or 12 of Schedule 1 to, the National Health Service Act 2006,

(gb) the National Health Service Commissioning Board,

(gc) any clinical commissioning group (established under section 14D of the National Health Service Act 2006) for an area wholly or partly in Greater London,]

(h) any National Health Service trust any or all of whose hospitals, establishments or facilities are situated in Greater London (see section 25 of the National Health Service Act 2006),

(i) any NHS foundation trust any or all of whose hospitals, establishments or facilities are situated in Greater London (see Chapter 5 of Part 2 of the National Health Service Act 2006),

and any body or person not falling within any of the preceding paragraphs which appears to the Mayor to have responsibilities in relation to Greater London, or any part of Greater London, with respect to any of the matters that are general health determinants.

(6) Section 309F makes provision as to the meaning of “health inequalities between persons living in Greater London” for the purposes of this Act.

(7) Section 309G contains supplementary provision with respect to the preparation and revision of the strategy.

(8) Section 309H makes provision for directions by the Secretary of State.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 309E-309H and cross-heading inserted (E.W.) (21.1.2008) by Greater London Authority Act 2007 (c. 24), ss. 22(1), 59(7); S.I. 2008/113, art. 2(d)

F2 S. 309E(5)(f) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 94(a); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)

F3 S. 309E(5)(g) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 94(b); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)

F4 Ss. 309E(5)(ga)-(gc) inserted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 94(c); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)