Health and Wellbeing Board Engagement EventTackling Health Inequalities

29 May 20142-4pm St Mary’s Bramall Lane

Objective for the afternoon:To use the collective knowledge and experience of people present to help us ensure that our Health Inequalities Plan is as good as it can be.

“Inequalities in health are a matter of life and death, of health and sickness,

of wellbeing and misery.”

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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

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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

Tackling Health Inequalities• A simple but complex problem• Simple, because there is a straightforward

relationship between health and socio-economic status

• Complex, because – there are many different aspects to health– causal pathways are long and complicated– the levers are poorly connected– external factors can be more powerful– the timescales are too long

“Inequalities in health arise because of inequalities in society – in the

conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age.”

Tackling Health Inequalities – our plan

• Starts with the Strategy• 9 actions in Outcome 3• 4 actions in Outcome 2• for each action, what tasks

do we need to do, by when, to ensure that the action is completed in such a way as to have maximum impact on health inequalities?

Tackling Health Inequalities – questions

• Timescales – how long will it take to make a difference?

• Priorities – what actions will make the biggest difference, and when?

• How can the Health and Wellbeing Board add weight to what is already happening?

• What about the balance of spend?

Tackling Health Inequalities – agenda

• Two sets of round table discussions

• Each table to consider one action

• Have we identified the right tasks?

• What else could be done?• How can the H&WBB add

value?• How can you add value?

Welcome to the Health and Wellbeing Board’s Engagement EventTackling Health Inequalities

Please sit at the table number for the first theme you wish to discuss.1. Building emotional wellbeing and resilience2. Making Sheffield smoke-free3. Reducing drug- and alcohol- related harm4. Continuing to prioritise and focus attention on cancer and cardiovascular disease5. Developing understanding around health inequalities6. Helping supportive communities to develop7. Building health-promoting neighbourhoods8. Improving access to services9. Ensuring a good start in life for children10. Assisting ‘new arrivals’ to Sheffield11. Improving our medical services for those with a learning disability or mental health

condition12. Focussing on quality and dignity13. Developing employment options for those with a disability14. Shifting the balance of spend