Transcript Gloucestershire Health News

Gloucestershire Health
News
Annual DPH report 2007 - 08
Less is more…
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The message…
– Based on Choosing Health topics
– We are doing well but could do better in
some areas
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The audience..
– Decision-makers, influencing role,
delivery
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The medium..
– Accessible, attractive, accurate,engaging
Key recommendations - 1
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Health inequalities
Smoking cessation & tobacco control
Active ageing
Health Inequalities
2004 IoMD shows although overall
healthy & wealthy, pockets of
deprivation
 2007 IoMD shows the picture is
relatively worse for Gloucestershire
( some areas doing better means others
will drop down)
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Health Inequalities
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more SOAs in Q1
– Priors Park
– More in Oakley
– Glos City
FoD doing slightly
better
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Overall county rank
from 126 to 121
– Q1 +6
– Q2 +7
– Q5 -18
Key recommendations -2
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Tackling obesity
Reducing harm from alcohol
Promoting mental health & social
inclusion
Obesity
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quarter of 4-5 year
olds are overweight
or obese
about a third of 10
- 11 year olds
about 60% of
adults
(males more than
females)
•By 2023 we could see
50% increase in Diabetes,
also CHD & stroke
Key recommendations - 3
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Mitigating & adapting to climate
change
Responding to demographic changes
Developing the public health
potential of our workforce
– public health advocates
– healthy workplaces
Climate Change
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Incidents like the
summer floods are
likely to be more
common
Heatwaves can kill
‘New’ infectious
diseases may
emerge
Workplace potential
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Public health advocates:
– frontline staff our are biggest asset
– Not just GPs..
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Healthy workplace
– allows us to reach groups such as
working age men
Health and wellbeing in a
complex world...
Summary
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9 key recommendations
other recommendations within the
report e.g. TB services
much of this will be delivered through
partnership working