Transcript Public Health - North Somerset Council

Improving public
health in North
Somerset
Avon Local Councils Association
15July 2013
Becky Pollard, Director of Public Health
What this session will
cover:
• What is public health?
• New Public Health responsibilities
for North Somerset Council
• Progress to date
• How can we work together with
ALCA to promote health?
What is Public Health?
• Adding Life to Years - promoting good
health
• Adding Years to Life - preventing
disease
What influences our health?
A Social Model of Health
(Dahlgren & Whitehead, 1991)
Health
improvement
• Alcohol & drug
reduction/treatment
services
• Smoking
& tobacco control
• Go4life
• child obesity
prevention
• Healthy Schools
Health
protection
• Food safety
• Screening and
Immunisations
• Prevention of blood
borne viruses
• Chlamydia screening
• Investigating
outbreaks of
infectious diseases
e.g. Legionella
Improving
services
• Audit of shared care
in general practice
• Evaluation of
community wards
• Health needs
prioritisation
A new public health
role for Local
Authorities
Health and Social Care
Act 2012
• From 1 April, local authorities have a new
responsibility to improve the health and
well- being of their local population
New PH responsibilities
• Appoint a Director of Public Health
• Oversee a local PH ring fenced grant
• Work with partners to improve health –
Health and Wellbeing Boards
• Produce Joint Strategic Needs
Assessment (monitor health needs of the
local population)
• Commission services to promote health
and wellbeing
Public health services
• Comprehensive sexual health services
(sexually transmitted infections, contraception,
sexual health promotion and disease prevention)
• Childhood measurement programme
• NHS Health Checks programme
• Public Health core offer to the NHS
• Ensure local health protection plans are
effective (screening, imms/vaccination,
outbreaks of communicable disease &
emergency planning)
Planning and responding
to public health
emergencies
Public Health Services
• tobacco control / smoking cessation
• alcohol / drug misuse
• PH for children and young people aged 5-19
• obesity, nutrition, physical activity initiatives
• public mental health
• dental public health
• accidental injury prevention
• reduce seasonal mortality (excess deaths)
• community safety, violence prevention, social
exclusion
• environmental risks
Successful Quitters!
Smoking
Advisor
Smoke
Free Play
Areas
Public Health Priorities
• Inequalities in health
and employability
• Alcohol/substance
misuse
• Early years
prevention /
intervention
• Mental health
• Sexual health
• Workforce
development
• PH data
• What works –
evidence based
interventions
Healthy Schools activities
Public health resources
• 2 year PH grant announced (7.4 million
13/14 & 7.6 million 14/15)
• Director of Public Health
• 33 Public health staff TUPE transferred
• Public health services within Council
Breakdown of Public
Health £7.4 million budget
4%
4%
6%
3%
30%
8%
8%
15%
22%
Drugs
Children YP
Sexual Health
Core Offer
Other
Tobacco
Alcohol
Health checks
Health protection
Healthy
weight
Community
Health Walks
Stop Smoking
Pod – Weston
Hospital
Smoke Free South
West – Illegal Sales
campaign 2013
Health Central – The
Boulevard
Health Trainer
Service
Challenges
• Budget challenges
• Complexity of new system
Opportunities
Working with
• Local citizens
• Local communities / parish
coucnils
• Local councillors
How can we work together?
• Provide data on health needs
(JSNA, annual reports)
• Local campaigns
• Resources and support mateirals
• Commission parish councils to
provide services
• Work with you to promote healthy
environments (Smoke fre Homes
Thank you
[email protected]
Tel: 01275 885131