Health Creating City: Improving access to care

Talk

Tuesday 25 November 2025
08:30 - 09:30

Free

Join this NLA Breakfast Talk that brings together voices from planning, design, healthcare, and government to explore how London can lead the way as a truly Health Creating City.

In July 2025, the NHS launched its 10-Year Health Plan, a landmark strategy aimed at addressing health inequalities through systemic reform. The plan sets out to reshape how healthcare is structured, funded, and delivered across the UK. But what impact will this have on a local level?

At the heart of the ten-year plan is a commitment to improving local access to healthcare services, with a renewed focus on place-based solutions. This Breakfast Talk will explore how the built environment can enhance access to healthcare by bringing together experts to discuss how design and urban decision-making can support health creation in cities, reaching far beyond the hospital walls.

Programme:

08:00 Arrivals

08:30 Welcome from the Chair

Anisha Mayor, UK Head of Healthcare, WSP

08:35 Opening presentation:
Magali Thomson, Project Lead for Placemaking, Great Ormond
Street Hospital

08:45 Improving local access to healthcare

Aahsan Rahman, Head of Town Planning, NHS Property

08:52 Design for health creation
Hannah Brewster, Director - Healthcare Sector, ADP Architecture

08:52 Health beyond healthcare
speaker tbc

08:59 Panel discussion: Speakers above plus:

Clare Burns, Executive Director of Partnerships, NELFT Trust
Head Office, NHS

09:30 END

Speaker biographies

Anisha Mayor

Director - UK Head of Healthcare, WSP

Magali Thomson

Project Lead for Placemaking, Great Ormond Street

Hannah Brewster

Director – Healthcare Sector, ADP Architecture

Free

Venue

The London Centre
3 Aldermanbury
London
EC2V 7HH

Accessibility

There are two ways of entering the London Centre: either up 3 steps with a handrail on either side, or via a platform lift. There are gender-neutral and accessible toilets on the lower ground floor, which can be accessed via a flight of stairs.

If you would like more information about the space, or have any further access requirements, please let us know how we can best accommodate these, by emailing events@nla.london.