Some recent events in Kent illustrate a disconnect between planning for new housing development and providing essential health services...

The recent consultation on the National Planning Policy Framework (now closed) has brought forth diverse opinions from across the...

As our understanding of the connections between place and health continues to grow in the post-Covid era, we’re beginning to see...

There is perhaps no one more informed about the integration of place, health & wellbeing in London than Professor Kevin Fenton CBE, ...

I visited the Bromley-by-Bow Centre (BBBC) last week for a presentation, tour and chat with its insights director Dan Hopewell. Quite by...

Nigel Crisp is an independent crossbench member of the House of Lords where he co-chairs the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global...

One of the positive contributions of the Covid era to both global and local health has been the vast collection of data on who, how, when...

As of July 1st, the NHS will be managed through a series of Integrated Care Systems. The NHS describes these as “partnerships of...

Several discussions during last week’s Restitch Summit centred on the “ecosystem” of community regeneration, exploring those systems and...

We are experiencing an unprecedented intersection of planning, development and public health in our government policy, local communities,...

Clare Delmar, founder of Listen to Locals, spoke about her experience of planning with members of Planning Aid London at its AGM on...

The growth in health inequalities across London and the country has focused many of us on how to improve accessibility to health services...

We’re now all too familiar with the catchy phrases and the repeated taglines presented to us by the government each day – “Levelling up”,...

Clare Delmar, Listen to Locals Many of us see the pandemic as a reset opportunity for the development of local communities, with many...