Public Health in Essex

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Public Health in Essex

• Dr Paul Watson
• Medical Director
• Essex Strategic Health Authority

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The Children

• 15 of 15 year olds are obese
• One-third exercise too little
• Fruit and veg only 40 of required intake
• 10 of 15 year olds are regular smokers

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NHS Reconfiguration

• Fewer, larger PCTs
• PCTs to be commissioners, not providers
• Fewer, larger SHAs
• Local government co-terminosity

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Consequences for Public Health

• Commissioning health improvement
• PH provision eg. Smoking cessation, health
  visiting, health trainers, sexual health
  services
• Developing new PCT public health departments
• Importance of LAAs

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Issues for Essex

• Tobacco
• Obesity
• Sexual health
• Healthy schools
• Health Impact assessment
• Building PH infrastructure