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London's NHS should cash in on unused buildings and tax fatty foods and fizzy drinks if it wants to improve the capital's health, a report has said.
The buildings should be freed up to help create the 400,000 homes predicted to be needed in the next ten years.
The NHS spends £50-60m per year in London maintaining them.
The London Health Commission said these recommendations were put to them as part of submissions to its report on the future of health services.
Other ideas put forward include taking a regulatory approach to tackling the obesity epidemic, as about 37% of 10-year-olds in London are obese or overweight, and addressing the perceived need for stronger strategic leadership of health and care services across London.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-26828994
The buildings should be freed up to help create the 400,000 homes predicted to be needed in the next ten years.
The NHS spends £50-60m per year in London maintaining them.
The London Health Commission said these recommendations were put to them as part of submissions to its report on the future of health services.
Other ideas put forward include taking a regulatory approach to tackling the obesity epidemic, as about 37% of 10-year-olds in London are obese or overweight, and addressing the perceived need for stronger strategic leadership of health and care services across London.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-26828994