| Reduce premature deaths by continuing to
provide high quality services for chronic
diseases & accidents, & increasing the
emphasis on preventative approaches |
• Continue to improve the overall life expectancy of the
population through a range of partner initiatives. |
PCT |
Mainstream |
| • Improve standards of service through the delivery of
National Service Frameworks e.g. CHD, Children’s, etc. |
PCT |
Mainstream |
| • Progress the implementation of Tobacco Control,
Obesity, Physical Activity & Healthy Eating strategies. |
PCT/RMBC |
Mainstream |
|
| Address health inequalities by ensuring
that mainstream resources from health &
other services are accurately targeted to
communities & areas with greatest needs |
• Target the causes of ill health & the specific needs of
deprived & socially excluded communities. |
PCT/RMBC |
External Funding |
| • Continue to develop accessible centres for the use of
local people e.g. children’s centres. |
PCT/RMBC |
Mainstream |
| • Improve availability and accessibility of information on
health and social care e.g. benefits, entitlements, etc. |
PCT/RMBC |
Mainstream |
|
| Encourage employers across the public,
private & voluntary sectors to take a more
proactive approach in relation to the
health & welfare of their workforce |
• Develop workforce health, welfare & safety advice
service to businesses through systematic approach. |
Rotherham Partnership |
Mainstream |
| • Implement health promoting policy in workplaces e.g.
Smoke Free Policy, Alcohol & Drugs Policy, etc. |
RMBC |
Mainstream |
| • Encourage employers to have full compliance with
Health & Safety Legislation & other policies. |
Rotherham Partnership |
Mainstream |
|
| Encourage individuals to take
responsibility for actively improving their
health through local community learning
& support |
• Implement fully the requirements of the Public Health
White Paper – ‘Choosing Health’ e.g. Healthy Eating. |
PCT/RMBC |
Mainstream |
| • Promote community involvement in health promotion &
primary care delivery e.g. identifying health needs. |
PCT/Local Partnerships |
Mainstream |
| • Maximise engagement & accreditation of schools in
Rotherham to the ‘Healthy Schools Initiative’. |
RMBC/PCT/ Schools |
Mainstream |
|
| Respond to Rotherham’s ageing
population by developing appropriate
support services & facilities, & extending
the choices available to older individuals |
• Develop a Boroughwide Older People’s Well-being
Strategy to improve the life experience of older people. |
RMBC |
Mainstream |
| • Implement the first phase of the Extra Care Housing
Strategy e.g. Dalton House, Queensacre schemes. |
PCT/RMBC/ RSLs |
External Funding |
| • Implement the Falls Prevention Strategy, including the
establishment of a Falls Prevention Service. |
PCT/RMBC |
Mainstream |
|
| Develop further support services for
vulnerable people, promoting
collaborative working between
organisations & sectors to deal with
increases in demand. |
• Develop & improve access to services for vulnerable
people e.g. Asylum Seekers, Looked After Children. |
PCT/RMBC |
Mainstream |
| • Co-locate services for children & families in the Clifton
Project, with a view to future wider roll out. |
PCT/RMBC |
Mainstream |
| • Co-locate Adult Services and Health in the Rother Valley
Pilot, with a view to future wider roll out. |
PCT/RMBC |
Mainstream |
|
| Improve the life chances of children &
young people by ensuring they get the
best start in life, whatever their individual
circumstances |
• Roll out the Single Assessment Framework with the aim
of unification of client records across services. |
PCT/RMBC |
Mainstream |
| • Increase the participation of Looked After Children in
Education, employment & training. |
RMBC |
Mainstream |
| • Implement developments related to Sure Start local
programmes, children’s centres & Family Learning. |
PCT/RMBC |
Mainstream |
|
| Create & sustain opportunities for
individuals to be involved in a wide range
of high quality physical & sporting
activities |
• Implement the Physical Activity Strategy to encourage
more local people to use local facilities/environments. |
PCT/RMBC |
Mainstream |
| • Develop programmes to encourage excluded groups to
use cultural & leisure facilities in target areas. |
PCT/RMBC |
External Funding |
| • Increase GP referrals of patients to leisure services as
part of their rehabilitation to improve health. |
PCT/RMBC |
Mainstream |
|
| Create & sustain opportunities for
individuals to be involved in a wide range
of high quality cultural & social activities |
• Progress agreed plans for a new generation of leisure
facilities & Town Centre cultural complex. |
RMBC/Private Sector |
Private Finance |
| • Develop programme of young people focused events &
activities e.g. Children’s Festival, Youth Drama, etc. |
RMBC/Drama Coaches |
Mainstream |
| • Develop, in accordance with local needs, community
arts, media and heritage projects and facilities. |
RMBC/Local
Partnerships |
External Funding |
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