1. The new health landscape
&
West Midlands networks
Paul Southon
Public Health Development Manager
Sandwell MBC
Paul_southon@sandwell.gov.uk

2. Health and Social Care Act
• PCT’s – going, going, gone
• Clinical Commissioning Groups - new
• NHS Commissioning Board - new
• Public Health England - new
• Health and Wellbeing Boards - new
• PH functions into local government -new
• Clinical Senates?

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5. So… who does what?
• Who do you need to speak to?
• Public Health – health improvement
• Now sits in local council
– At district level in two tier areas
• All district / unitary areas have a Director of
Public Health
– Different structures in each area
– Different remits in each area
• Health & Wellbeing Boards
• Joint Health & Wellbeing Strategies

6. West Midlands Learning for
Public Health
• Public health training across the West Midlands
• Wide network across councils, public health, higher
education etc…
• Good knowledge of who is doing what in different
areas
• & what different areas are doing
• Links to the UK Healthy Cities Network – Stoke &
Sandwell
• Runs (free) multi agency learning events
• 27th
November 2013 – West & East Midlands
network event

7. West Midlands Healthy Urban
Development Group
• Built on previous networks
• Joint public health responses to consultations
• Co-ordinated with Learning for Public Health
• Wide membership - anyone who is interested
– A good starting point for contacts
• Sharing of experience
• What does (and doesn’t) work
• Links to UKHCN – Stoke & Sandwell
• http://www.wmpho.org.uk/lfph/SpatialPlanning.aspx

8. WMHUDG
• Responses – LTP3, NPPF, Taylor Review …
• Focused sessions – e.g. HIA, Environmental
public health tracking
• Working with LFPH on joint training & events
• Linking across East & West Midlands
• Linking with national work - PHE / SPAHG /
UKHCN
• TCPA Re-uniting Health & Planning
– Partners in phase 1 (Sandwell funded)
– Partners in phase 2 (WM LFPH funding)
• West Midlands factsheet & survey