Buckinghamshire County Council What’s the story ? Dr. Jane O’Grady Director of Public Health...

Buckinghamshire County Council

What’s the story ?

Dr. Jane O’Grady

Director of Public Health

Buckinghamshire



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Colleges Universities

Community engagement

Fire and Rescue Pharmacy

Family Nurses and Health Visitors

Healthy Living CentreVOLUNTARY SECTOR

COUNCILLORS

PCSO

Social care Drug and alcohol service providers

Housing

Environmental HealthPublic healthGPs

BHT & OHT

Physical activity providersSexual health services

BCC & DC

ambulance


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Why are we here?Why are we here ?


Determinants of Health and Wellbeing


Which medicine reduces the risk of ……..

• Dementia • Heart disease and stroke• Breast and bowel cancer• Diabetes• Falls, osteoporosis and hip fracture• Depression

• And can be used as a treatment for many other diseases

• And improves educational attainment and behaviour in children

• And is good for the environment and social connectedness


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How many of you take the right dose of this medicine?

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41%

59%1. Yes

2. No

I take 150 minutes moderate intensity physical activity a week


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Which one is false?

1 2 3 4 5

8% 6%

54%

13%

20%

1. Happy people live 7 years longer

2. Good social connections improve health

3. Poor housing costs the NHS £2.5bn per year

4. Poor quality jobs increase risk of depression, heart disease, back pain and sickness absence

5. Education does not influence health


Health in Buckinghamshire

• One of the least deprived areas in the country • Generally better health• 10th lowest death rate under 75yrs (out of 150 areas)

but• 70th lowest rate of infant deaths• 45th best performance on early years development• More adults overweight or obese than are a healthy weight• 70% of health and social care spend on long term conditions• Rising levels of long term conditions• Ageing population


The red zones

• Poorer life chances and health in most deprived fifth of the population

• Higher rates of low birth weight babies, infant deaths, poorer development by age 5, lower school achievement, more unhealthy lifestyles, higher rates of illness and death at all ages

• Spend more years living in disability• Death rates under 75yrs more than double in deprived areas• Male life expectancy in most deprived fifth 7 years shorter• Female life expectancy 4 years shorter in most deprived fifth


What do we want our network to be ? And do ?


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