Improving Public Health - Monday 15th July 2013 - Central London

LONDON - May 10, 2013 - PRLog -- The migration and transition of public health to local authorities is now complete. Public Health England has formally taken on leadership of public health and has developed a strategy to protect health, address inequalities, and improve the health and wellbeing of the nation.

These changes provide a unique opportunity to develop and deliver coordinated strategies and plans of action across local government, leveraging the combined efforts of multiple local authority teams and health system partners to improve the health of local communities.

Our Improving Public Health Conference will deliver a comprehensive overview of the national strategy and key priorities from Public Health England. Evidence sessions exploring five key health issues have been developed to deliver the key guidance about what works in delivering prevention and to help teams identify where to start.

Benefits of Attending:

Hear about the priorities and strategy for Public Health England
Better understand the causes of the causes of illness and develop a plan of how to act on what we know about the social determinants of health
Learn how to develop a coordinated health improvement action plan across local authority departments using Health and Wellbeing Boards as the engine of improvement
 Understand how to adapt to the culture and environment of local government
Explore how organisations will be held to account for delivering health improvement through the Public Health Outcomes Framework
Gather the evidence and best practice guidance to be able to deliver health improvement in 5 key priority areas
Identify the potential quick wins for the new public health system

Our expert speakers include:

Chair: Dr Janet Atherton, President Association of Directors of Public Health and Director of Public Health, Sefton Council
Professor Mike Kelly, Public Health Centre Director, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
Simon Antrobus, Chief Executive, Addaction
Dr Annmarie Connelly Director, Health Equity and Impact, Health and Wellbeing Directorate, Public Health England
Dr Jessica Allen, Deputy Director of the Institute of Health Equity, University College London  
Councillor Jonathan McShane Cabinet Member for Health, Social Care and Culture, London Borough of Hackney  
Joanna Saunders, Head of Health Improvement Rotherham Public Health, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council  
Dr Andrew Furber, Director of Public, Health Wakefield Council
Andrea Duncan, Programme Manager, Sexual Health and HIV, Department of Health