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Tri-borough Public Health Service Funders’ Fair - 12 th July 2013. What is Public Health?. The science of using data and evidence base to work with different sizes and types of population The art of challenging how things are done and championing innovation. Public Health Outcomes.
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Tri-borough Public Health Service Funders’ Fair - 12th July 2013
What is Public Health? • The science of using data and evidence base to work with different sizes and types of population • The art of challenging how things are done and championing innovation
Public Health Outcomes “To improve and protect the nation’s health and wellbeing,and improve the health of the poorest fastest” • increased healthy life expectancy • reduced differences in life expectancy and healthy life expectancy between communities
How? 1Improvements against wider factors that affect health and wellbeing, and health inequalities 2 People are helped to live healthy lifestyles, make healthy choices and reduce health inequalities 3The population’s health is protected from major incidents and other threats, while reducing health inequalities 4 Reduced numbers of people living with preventable ill health and people dying prematurely, while reducing the gap between communities
What? School nursing Testing and treatment of STIs Sexual health advice, prevention and promotion Mental health promotion Nutrition Physical Activity & Obesity Programmes Drug & Alcohol Misuse Tobacco Control NHS Health Checks Health at work Oral health improvement
Current position VCS Expenditure by PH Category £m Spend with VCS providers £m Health Improvement = £3.6m Substance Misuse Services = £12m Sexual Health = £2.3m • Health Improvement Programmes include: • Health Trainers • Community Champions • Childhood Obesity • Stop Smoking
To do list • Align with LA and NHS • Think about pathways rather than discrete services • Review existing contracts • Identify gaps • Prioritise and budget • Procurement of PH portfolio over the next 18 months
First steps 1 Ensure the qualities typical of those brought to the table by Third Sector providers are enabled 2 Improve our measurement of the “hard to measure” to inform decisions
Relationships • IndividualHistorical, likely to increasingly adopt borough and triborough “flavours” • Sector We need new mechanisms or to join existing ones at borough and triborough levels
Characteristics ofa good relationship • Honesty and accountability • Open communication • Negotiation and Fairness • Economic Partnership • Shared Responsibility • Shared Power • Respect
Public Health Contacts • Pete Westmore 020 7641 4657 pwestmore@westminster.gov.uk Voluntary & Community Sector lead • Ewan Jenkins 020 7641 4649Sexual Health Commissioner • Joy Kyeyune 020 7641 4661HIV lead • Julia Mason 020 7641 4653Families & Children • Christine Mead 020 7641 4662Behaviour Change Commissioner