New Opportunities

Director of Public Health Report

for Sheffield 2013

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• ‘..turn the Council into a public health organisation, so that every contact the Council has with the people of Sheffield is designed to have a positive impact on their health.’

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Life Expectancy

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Slope Index of Inequality in Life Expectancy (Men)

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Slope Index of Inequality in Life Expectancy (Women)

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Disability Free Life Expectancy at age 16

6Age 16 Total LEDisability Free LE

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Gap between disability free life expectancy and total life expectancy (Men)

Gap 16.4 yrsGap 20.9 yrs

Disability Free Life ExpectancyTotal Life Expectancy

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Gap between disability free life expectancy and total life expectancy(Women)

Gap 17.8 yrsGap 23.6 yrs

Disability Free Life ExpectancyTotal Life Expectancy

We will have the biggest impact on the health of the people of Sheffield if we combine the specialist expertise of the public health staff transferring from the NHS, with the scale and outreach of the Council itself.

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Recommendations1. Invest in the early years (prevention and early intervention)

2. Commission a prevention and early intervention emotional wellbeing & mental health service for children & young people

3. Develop a comprehensive sexual health system for the City

4. Prioritise initiatives to encourage people to ‘Move More’

5. Reduce availability and supply of illicit tobacco

6. Address older people’s wellbeing, isolation and loneliness

7. Enhance resilience and social capital of the most deprived communities

8. Invest in public mental health and wellbeing

9. Promote schemes to reduce alcohol consumption & related harm

10. With partners, remove health barriers to employment

11. Improve uptake of the NHS Health Check

Strategic fit  Sheffield is

a healthy and successful City

Health and wellbeing is improving

Health inequalities are reducing

People get the help and support they need

The health and wellbeing system is innovative, affordable and good vfm.

Invest in the early years (prevention and early intervention)

  √ √    

Commission an emotional wellbeing & mental health service for C&YP

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Develop a comprehensive sexual health system for the City

    √    

Prioritise initiatives to encourage people to ‘Move More’

√ √ √    

Reduce availability and supply of illicit tobacco √ √ √    

Address older people’s wellbeing, isolation and loneliness

  √ √ √  

Enhance resilience and social capital of the most deprived communities

√   √    

Invest in public mental health and wellbeing   √ √ √ √

Promote schemes to reduce alcohol consumption & related harm

  √ √   √

With partners, remove health barriers to employment

√   √    

Improve uptake of the NHS Health Check   √ √ √ √ 11

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Local Health and Wellbeing Data

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More Information

A summary and full text online version of the report is available at:

www.sheffield.gov.uk/publichealthreport

Any comments on the report to:

dphr@sheffield.gov.uk