Regional Voices for Better Health

Dr Paul Plant Deputy Director Health Improvement Public Health England (London Region)

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Overview

• Public Health England (PHE) – Who we are?

• Priorities for Health and Wellbeing Boards • London Health Board • Improving Mental Health for London • Questions 2

Public Health England (PHE)

• Went live on 1 April 2013. • To champion the public’s health and work with partners so that collectively the population are: – Protected against hazards to their health; – Supported in enjoying good health at each stage of their life; and – Able to access to the health services that best meet their needs. • Organised into three patches • Have embedded staff in NHS England • Regional Director, Health Advisor to Mayor 3

PHE London Organisation

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Health Improvement & NW London Paul Plant Health Protection & NE & NC London Deborah Turbitt Specialist Services & South London Marilena Korkodilos Regional Director Yvonne Doyle Business Manager David Wederall System Delivery Pui-Ling Li Private Office Peter Counsell Drugs & Alcohol Alison Keating Communications Tycie West GLA Health Lead Helen Walters

Principal Screening Advisor (NHS England) Adrian Brown

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Roles and responsibilities in VCS Engagement

• Local government to lead local engagement with VCS • PHE London will support: – Local Government – LAs when they want to work supra Borough – Develop insight with colleagues about how VCS helps to address social determinants of poor health • PHE National will lead discussions with national VCS organisations as part of wider partnership and as public mediators 5

Key Issues at the moment

• Supporting new Public Health System develop • Supporting DsPH develop their new roles • Key Topic Areas – Sexual Health – Tobacco Control – Mental Health – Workplace Health – Early Years – Health Inequalities both integrated and separately 6

Priorities for Health and Wellbeing Boards

• Early work looking at local Health and Well-being Boards’ priorities shows many selecting same themes: – Improving mental wellbeing of adults and children – Reducing obesity rates among children and adults – Work focussed on long-term conditions – Integration of health and care services – Early intervention • Other areas include tackling alcohol related issues, tobacco control, improving dementia care, cancer prevention and better service outcomes, reducing cardiovascular disease and increasing physical activity levels.

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London Health Board

• The Board’s role is to provide leadership on health issues of pan-London significance, where this adds value to decisions, agreements and action at local level. • The board will meet four times per year starting in May 2013 • Membership is made up of three parts: – five Leaders of London local authorities – the Mayor and four Mayoral appointees – five senior representatives from the Health Sector in the capital 8

London Health Board

The Board has identified a number of priority areas to focus on: • Making the case for investing in London’s health economy • Promoting growth and jobs in London’s health & life sciences sectors • Improving primary care • Enhancing the patient experience, particularly through transparency of data and digital access to information • Improving mental health services and well-being 9

Improve Mental Health & Wellbeing in London

1. Identify areas where joint work amongst stakeholders would improve the mental health and wellbeing of Londoners.

2. Develop a number of potential initiatives that could be taken forward under the umbrella of the London Health Board (LHB).

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