Prime Ministers Stocktake Communications

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NHS HEALTH TRAINERS The National Perspective
Graham Rushbrook London Hub Lead Director,
Health First 13 December 2006
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NHS Health TrainersNational agenda local
delivery

• Personalised strand of Choosing Health
• Lifestyle not social determinants of health
• Focus on health inequalities
• Not another professional advice giver
• Visible and accessible
• Engage with people where they are to be found
• Motivate, support, set goals, overcome barriers
• Competent to practice
• Early Adopter phase Sept 05 Mar 06
• 78 partnerships nearly half the NHS
• Other participants Army, Prison and Initial

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NHS Health Trainers where we are now

• Phase 2
• Implementation team comprising 15 hubs around the
  country
• Share workload, knowledge, expertise and learning
  
• Monthly meeting with DH
• 1200 Health Trainers likely by 07
• NHS
• Voluntary
• 3rd parties Army, Prisons, Initial
• Engaging other 3rd parties eg
• The FA Premier League
• Royal Mail, Fire Brigade, Asda
• The future - mainstreaming Health Trainers into
  nine regions

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Existing models

• Mixture of paid and unpaid
• NHS staff and partners delivering enhanced roles
• Focussing on Health of clients
• Health of employees
• Mixture of referral/opportunistic and integrated
  methods to achieve access to individuals
• Work with individuals in a variety of settings
• Cover all elements of lifestyle or specialise
• One common theme one-to-one behavioural change

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NHS Health Trainers April 06 on NHS Lifecheck

• Our Health, Our Care, Our Say commits Lifecheck
  at three key stages in life
• Early years
• Early adolescence
• Mid life
• Primary delivery role for mid-life is assigned to
  Health Trainers
• Development phase for NHS Lifecheck will focus on
  Spearhead areas
• Builds on existing programmes
• Involvement of stakeholders and users during
  design and development phase
• Roll out January 2007 onwards