We have a range of resource materials and publications and can provide briefings on a variety of health care issues affecting London and Londoners:

• Health care, disease trends and their causes
• Health inequalities at community level, life expectancy, cancers, heart disease, mental health and stroke
• The health of black and minority ethnic communities, children, people with learning difficulties, people with physical disabilities, refugees and older people
• Lifestyle and behaviour trends in alcohol, diet and nutrition, obesity, drugs, sexual health
• Analysis of smoking levels and the health of poor communities
• Regeneration
• Social exclusion and the impact on health of crime, education, employment, housing, income and transport.

If you want to find one of our reports go to the Publications section.

If you are a journalist and would like more information on health care data or a comment contact us on:

Tel: 020 7685 6774

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Dr Bobbie Jacobson OBE is Director of the London Health Observatory (LHO) and Vice Chair of the Association of Public Health Observatories (APHO) – a network of 12 UK/Ireland Observatories. She has spearheaded APHO’s national lead role on tobacco and tackling social and ethnic inequalities in health. She joined the LHO in 2001 after seven years as Director of Public Health in East London and the City.

Before training in Medicine she led ASH – the UK’s smoking and health campaigning charity, and prior to that she was a health journalist. She is well known for her longstanding commitment to securing change in public health policy -especially on tackling health inequalities. She worked with Sir Donald Acheson’s enquiry on Health Inequalities and is a member of the Government’s Scientific Reference Committee on Health Inequalities.

She has published widely on health issues in both the popular and peer-reviewed literature. Her books on women and tobacco -"Beating the Ladykillers" and her review of UK health policy "The Nation's Health" became internationally known standard texts.

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Date	Title	Format	View
19 Jul 2012	Press release: Child's play. The Olympic health hurdles
12 Sep 2011	Capital health gains? Ten years in review. Press release
27 Oct 2010	£134m annual cost of smoking for London hospitals: Local tobacco control profiles London press release
27 Oct 2010	Smoking: the north-south divide. Local tobacco control profiles national press release
7 Sep 2010	New evidence reveals GPs play a key role in turning the tide of health inequalities. Press release
9 Jun 2010	Heartsavers: major NHS savings in England since the introduction of smoke-free legislation. Press release
15 Mar 2010	Putting sport and activity at the heart of the community. Press release
9 Mar 2010	LHO 10th anniversary. Leading improvements in public health knowledge – LHO celebrates a successful 10 years, but health inequalities remain a challenge. Press release
28 May 2009	Weighty matters: news release
21 May 2009	News release. Suicide in London 2005-2007
23 Aug 2007	Health inequalities intervention tool: press release
13 Aug 2007	Alcohol indications report press release
26 Jul 2007	Born equal? Inequalities in infant mortality in London. Press release
22 Jun 2007	Health profiles 2007 press release
19 Jun 2007	Mental health indications report: London summary. Press release
7 Mar 2007	LHO welcomes Department of Health new commissioning framework for health and wellbeing
15 Feb 2007	Save to invest: press release
20 Nov 2006	Sexual health indications report press release
16 Nov 2006	The London health inequalities forecast: press release
19 Oct 2006	Child health indications report: press release
28 Jun 2006	Press release: Neediest Londoners less able to access vital heart care, according to new report
23 May 2006	Stop before the op: press release
7 Dec 2005	Count me in mental health & ethnicity census: press release
7 Nov 2005	Health in London 2005: press release
25 Oct 2005	Indications of public health in English regions: press release
24 Oct 2005	Ethnicity and health indications report: press release
16 May 2005	New report highlights London’s health divide in ethnic communities
16 May 2005	One in four deaths among London men caused by cigarette smoking: press release
9 May 2005	Health bodies welcome Government’s alcohol harm reduction strategy
9 May 2005	New report highlights inequalities among black and ethnic Groups: press release
9 May 2005	White paper November 2004 : London briefing
17 Feb 2005	Choosing health: a briefing on tobacco in London. Press release
1 Feb 2005	Statement on response to Choosing Health?
1 Feb 2005	The London health forecast: press release
25 Nov 2003	Press release: Health gap widening across London points to likely national pattern

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