Who is involved in the programme
Organisations involved
The Better Healthcare Closer to Home programme involved:
- Sutton and Merton Primary Care Trust
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- St George's Healthcare NHS Trust
- London Ambulance Service
- NHS London (the London Strategic Health Authority)
- South East Coast Strategic Health Authority
- South West London and St Georges Mental Health Care Trust
- Patient representatives
Local Government Partners
Better Healthcare Closer to Home is reviewed and scrutinised by the Joint Health Scrutiny Committee. Committee members are Councillors from the London Boroughs of Merton and Sutton, Surrey County Council and representation from the London Boroughs of Bromley Croydon, Kingston, Lambeth, Richmond and Wandsworth. Sutton is the lead authority with Councillor Stuart Gordon-Bullock as Chair of this Committee.
Meetings are held in public (for their observation but not participation) and notices about them are placed in local newspapers and libraries.
