Collaborative Masterclass: Prevention
Prevention: How do we shift the focus on tackling the causes of ill health and make prevention a priority?
Preventive health care should be the core business and main focus of the future health and social care systems. But prevention is currently not prioritised or incentivised enough. It is clear that the health and wellbeing of England’s population is not where we want it to be, with life expectancy stalling, wide health inequalities and fewer people living independently in their own homes than they would like. While confronting this requires national effort, it is dependent on strong, effective and cohesive leadership at the sub national level through regional and local government, the NHS and other partners.
Recent research by the Kings Find and The Health Foundation considered how public health leaders are working with ICS leads to tackle population health and inequalities at a local level. The Government has also made clear its intention to move to a neighbourhood health service that will deliver more care at home or closer to home, improve people’s access, experience and outcomes, and ensure the sustainability of health and social care delivery. To achieve this goal, two of the Secretary of State’s three major shifts – transitioning from hospital to community care and from sickness to prevention – are predicated on fostering improved relationships with local communities and between health and social care services.
In this context, this event will consider how North West colleagues are leading the charge on prevention and the wider determinants of health and wellbeing.
Learning Objectives:
- Consider the government’s shift within the 10 Year Plan to focus on preventing ill health and the research underpinning the case for change.
- Showcase how North West colleagues are leading the charge on prevention and the wider determinants of health through the marmot communities All Together Fairer programme.
- Explore how PCH’s new Future of Prevention programme can support local authorities and their partners to take a targeted approach to prevention for adult social care, and how this can support the delivery of the neighbourhood health agenda.
