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Scotland's Public Health Reform: Thriving for All

Scotland's public health system is in need of significant reform to address persistent inequalities and unsustainable pressures on health and social care services. The Public Health Reform Programme aims to simplify the national public health landscape, establish clear priorities, strengthen the role of public health leaders, and improve the use of evidence and technology in policy and practice. Public Health Scotland will provide strong leadership to improve healthy life expectancy and reduce health inequalities. This reform is a collaborative effort between the Scottish Government and COSLA, with a focus on local partnerships and shared priorities.

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Scotland's Public Health Reform: Thriving for All

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  1. Public health reform A Scotland where everybody thrives

  2. Why reform is needed Significant & persistent inequalities Scotland’s poor relative health Scotland Unsustainable pressures on health and social care services

  3. Public Health Review - the need for change in the public health function • Simplify the public health landscape at the national level • Clear public health priorities • Clarifying and strengthening DsPH role • A stronger voice for the public’s health • Stronger application of evidence, and technology to policy and practice • Specialist public health support for CPPs and IJBs • Public health workforce development – specialist and wider workforce

  4. Public Health Reform Programme • Public health reform is an equal partnership between Scottish Government and COSLA • The programme is being taken forward as a collaborative process involving the wider system in designing the future public health landscape • Public Health Scotland, shared priorities and a focus on local partnerships are the foundations of the reform programme • Scotland’s public health priorities provide catalyst for the whole system to focus on key public health challenges • Public Health Scotland will provide strong leadership to improve healthy life expectancy and reduce health inequalities

  5. Public Health Scotland – Bringing Together National Public Health But to meet Scotland’s public health challenges, Public Health Scotland must be more than the sum of its parts.

  6. Public Health Scotland - the intent • Strong public health leadership • High quality, effective and supportive health improvement, health protection and health care public health functions • Intelligence, data and evidence led • Key role in enabling and supporting delivery at a local and regional level • Strong leadership roles in relation to: public health research; innovation; public health workforce

  7. Impact on the system

  8. PHS:TOM The TOM will cover both how Public Health Scotland will work on 1 December 2019, which will be its first day in operation, and how we want Public Health Scotland to work in the medium term, in a three to five year timescale.

  9. Public Health Scotland – Legislative Consultation • Key themes of the consultation are: • Governance and accountability for the new model; • Outcomes, performance and improvement; • Functions of Public Health Scotland; • Structure of Public Health Scotland; • Composition of the Board. • https://consult.gov.scot/public-health/public-health-scotland • https://publichealthreform.scot/

  10. Public Health Reform Commissions

  11. Core and Specialist Public Health Workforce -– What is Public Health Individual Family Community Local Regional National Global Health protection Healthcare service improvement Health improvement Health intelligence and surveillance; leadership; partnership working; strategy, policy development and implementation; research

  12. Core and Specialist Public Health Workforce – some further reflections • Recognition of the complexity of public health delivery • Experience tell us that being located in an NHS setting does not always maximise impact, limits the focus on prevention and can make engaging communities challenging • However, the relationship with the health system is vital for elements of public health • Overall there is an opportunity to enhance links between national and local PH leadership and strengthen delivery across the whole system • Input on population health should be a core aspect of IJB and CPP work

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