Working with the NHS to improve health Dr Janet Atherton
Director of Public Health Sefton Council and Primary Care Trust
Slide 2 Creating healthier organisations Staff Service
users/patients Wider community Slide 3 Sefton Primary Care Trust
Improving health Reducing health inequalities Engaging local
communities High quality services Value for money Population
280,000 Budget 450 million One of 5 PCTs in Merseyside Coterminous
with Council Slide 4 CHaMPs Cheshire and Merseyside Partnerships
for Health Public Health Network Steering Group and Directors of
Public Health Group Collaborative network of all PCTs, Councils and
wider partners in Cheshire and Merseyside aiming to improve health
Slide 5 Partnership with Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service
Recognising we have shared goals Tackling health inequalities
Identifying goals we cant achieve on our own or are better
delivered in partnership Resources each partner can bring to bear
Slide 6 Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service Vision making Merseyside
a safer stronger and healthier community Mission to work in
partnership to provide and excellent affordable service to all the
diverse communities on Merseyside that will: Reduce risk Respond
Restore Slide 7 How we can work together? CHaMPs Top Tips for
Healthier Workplaces Healthier children Healthier older people
Reducing smoking Safer Communities Advocates programme Slide 8
Slide 9 Why Healthier Workplaces? Benefit employer and employee
Reduce sickness absence Improve workplace relations Allow staff to
be more productive Improve recruitment and retention Slide 10 Slide
11 Top Tips Promoting equality in the workplace Tackling obesity
Improve mental health and well-being Dealing with drug and alcohol
use Smokefree workplaces Slide 12 Liverpool Wide ranging
partnership commended by Health Inequalities National Support Team
Fire Fit Kids Links with Stop Smoking services New Gym in fire
station Personal health trainers etc Slide 13 Knowsley IKAN project
Slide 14 Wirral Wirral StartRight project Slide 15 Sefton Action
Plan Healthy children and young people Fire Fit Kids linked to MEND
programme Links with Healthy Schools Programme Reducing deaths from
major killers Cardiac rehabilitation services and community weight
management Home Safety Checks training for brief interventions for
smoking, drugs and alcohol, promotion of flu immunisation Improving
quality of life for older people Advocacy post reducing falls
Affordable warmth Links with migrant communities Fire service
volunteers trained to give health information Slide 16 Thank you
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