Our work with London Anchor Institute Network to support London’s new missions

In this short blog, our Chief Sustainability and Innovation Officer, Michelle McCann highlights the importance of the London Anchor Institute Network (LAIN) and how their work aligns with the missions set out by the Government and London Partnership Board.

LAIN is a trailblazing, peer-driven, practical approach that fosters joint problem solving and a collective exploration of how we each, as anchor institutions, can do better.

London’s anchors, whom NHS London Procurement Partnership (NHS LPP) works alongside, have made an important commitment to Londoners – that we will strive to create more good jobs, boost the economy and achieve net zero, and get there quicker by working together. 

Through LAIN’s working groups - the engine room of the network - we will continue using collaboration, shared learning and problem solving to address deeply rooted inequalities in our city and create a fairer, greener more prosperous London. 

Recently, the Government outlined five national missions ‘for a better Britain’ in its manifesto. Aligned with these, the London Partnership Board has agreed to establish six London missions to address the capital’s unique challenges. They are: 

• Growth - collectively we spend billions of pounds each year procuring goods and services. We’re committed to using our procurement power for good. This includes spending more with small, London-based and diverse-owned businesses to boost the local economy.

• Housing Delivery 
• Energy and the Environment - working to reach net zero by decarbonising their estates, utilising green technologies, electrifying fleets and embedding green skills in their workforces

• Safety 

• Opportunity - helping more people from underrepresented backgrounds into good work paying at least the London Living Wage

• Health - tackling economic inequalities also improves health outcomes. Communities want access to good work with fair pay, and career progression in inclusive workplaces. Good work and good health are intrinsically linked.

These missions provide a real opportunity for LAIN to focus mind and resources on tackling issues we know the city faces, as well as to demonstrate that when working in partnership we can deliver for the city and the rest of the UK. 

If you want to know more about how the NHS in London can support these missions, please email socialvalue@lpp.nhs.uk.