The authority closed as part of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 on 31 March 2013.
Its first Chair was George Greener, who was replaced after his resignation in September 2008 with Sir Richard Sykes.
Richard Sykes resigned as Chair in May 2010 over the incoming government's decision to halt planned hospital reorganisations in London, which included closure of A&E and maternity units and the building of new polyclinics.
The report Healthcare for London: A Framework for Action[2] was published on 11 July 2007.
The Healthcare for London strategy has been discontinued since the change of government in May 2010, however a number of pan-London NHS programmes remain within London Health Programmes http://www.londonhp.nhs.uk/