Improving Care, Health and WellbeingDavid Behan.pptVIP

Improving Care, Health and WellbeingDavid Behan Inequalities and Wellbeing – Working Together 20th May 2008 Role of DH Better health and well-being for all Better care for all Better value for all Role of local government Promoting the social, economic and environmental wellbeing Place shaping Community leadership Establish LSP Role of PCTs Improving health Improving healthcare Local leadership of the NHS What is the problem? Quality of healthcare and social care has improved Health has improved but not everyone has the same opportunity for health and wellbeing 1.5 million people die each year through early death Some specifics People with learning disabilities are 58 times more likely to die before the age of 50 when compared to the general population and 4 times more likely to have a preventable cause of death Carers UK report - In Poor Health Analysis of the Census shows that nearly 21% of carers providing over 50 hours of care say they are in poor health compared to nearly 11% of the non-carer population. What is the solution? The challenge is greater than any one organisation can manage Work across system and networks Challenge to leadership Challenge to achieving cultural change which people own The overarching role for LSPs The LSP consists of all the key players in a local area who deliver services. ‘LSPs will provide the forum for setting the strategic vision for an area, for capturing that vision in the Sustainable Community Strategy, and for agreeing priorities for improvement in the LAA’ (LGWP 2006) …..Delivering on this shared vision will require partnership working to be the day job through… Jointly identifying priorities Co-ordinating consultation activities Co-ordinating alignment of resources Collective performance management The leadership role for local authorities (driving consensus on priorities, community representation and scrutiny); Government vision Achieving cultural change Recognise cultural capital influences ho