The Shaping the FutureWork Programme

Jenny Griffiths

The story …

• Health promotion matters …• It deserves the same recognition

in the UK as it has internationally • The report – 2005• The Collaboration – 2006• Funding – UK Departments of

Health• The future …

Purpose

• Advocacy– History, theory, evidence base, values

and principles, ways of working– Cost-effectiveness– Well-designed programmes contribute

to key national targets

• Support for the workforce

New website: www.rsph.org.uk/healthpromotion

Communication with the workforce

• New website: www.rsph.org.uk/healthpromotion

• PLEASE JOIN OUR DATABASEPLEASE JOIN OUR DATABASE– Naraujo@rsph.org.uk

• Annual conferences, stakeholder forums, papers and articles

Advocacy - 1

• Aim to enhance both national infrastructure support and ownership at local level

• Leadership by the new RSPH and Collaboration partners

• Links with others, e.g. Association of Directors of Public Health

Advocacy - 2

• Membership of Faculty of Public Health group on practitioner development

• And PH Workforce Programme Board• Work closely with UK Public Health

Register on practitioner regulation• RSPH hosts the HP Academics Forum• Enhanced links with International

Union of Health Promotion and Education

We need you!

• If we are to advocate effectively for you, we need you to join one of we need you to join one of our organisationsour organisations

• We are developing a proposal for an integrated membership package

• But in the meantime, please join RSPH, IHPE or (if eligible) the FPH

Development of materials and resources• Specialised health promotion: You

can’t be the best without it!• Framework for Ethical Health

Promotion with SHEPS Cymru• Discussion paper on social marketing

for health and health promotion• Why Theory Matters, with Prof. J.

Green• Commissioning project – R. Shircore

RSPH Health Promotion Awards

• Launched in 2008 to recognise organisational excellence in health promotion and community well-being

• First 5 Award-winners: NHS N. Lancs, N.E. Essex, Plymouth, Rotherham, Sefton Partnership

• Express interest now in 2nd wave

Future plans – subject to funding

• Strengthen involvement of Scotland and Northern Ireland

• Regional networks, including theory into practice

• More advocacy• Complete commissioning project• Continued partnership with NSMC• Continued involvement with

practitioner development work – UKPHR and FPH

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WITH WHOM

I HAVE WORKED ON SHAPING THE FUTURE

FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS

AND NOW TO THE WORKSHOPS

15.40 Refreshments16.00 Workforce Devel.

Plenary