Residents across the city are being asked to comment on a draft joint health and wellbeing strategy for the city for the next five years.
York’s Health and Wellbeing Board is inviting people to comment on the draft joint health and wellbeing strategy to ensure that it reflects people’s views and suggestions and that it includes the principles and actions that are most important to improving health and wellbeing in the city for the next five years.
The draft strategy is focused around:
- Mental health and wellbeing – getting better at spotting the early signs of mental ill health and intervening early
- Starting and growing well – support for the first 1001 days, especially in vulnerable communities
- Living and working well – promote workplace health and remove barriers to employment
- Ageing well – reduce loneliness and isolation for older people.
The aim of the strategy, which will run between 2017 and 2022, is to help every single resident of York enjoy the best possible health and wellbeing throughout the course of their life. This will be done by:
- Promoting greater independence, choice and control
- Building up community based support
- Supporting self care and management
- Greater use of early help though targeted/short term interventions
- Imaginative use of new technology.
The draft strategy draws on extensive engagement with stakeholders and residents, which saw over 1,200 suggestions received about health and wellbeing in York earlier this year, and a variety of evidence including the city’s Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA). The JSNA provided a comprehensive assessment of the health and wellbeing needs in the city.
Councillor Carol Runciman, Executive Member for Health and Adult Social Care and Chair of the Health and Wellbeing Board said: “This strategy looks to set out the priorities and the focus for investment for the city’s health and wellbeing over the next five years.
“We want everyone in York to have their say on the draft strategy which looks to increase confidence and the resources to play their part in improving health and wellbeing for all our residents.”
To comment on the draft joint health and wellbeing strategy visit www.york.gov.uk/consultations. All views are welcome and the consultation closes on Sunday 22 January 2017.