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JIGSAWNEWSApril 2014
Public Health Information for EHPs
Happy Birthday!
April 2013 saw the return of Public Health to Local
Government and here we are one year on. Im sure
everyone has a view on quite what difference the change
has made and how successful its been. Certainly looking
in from the outside, there have been plenty of
encouraging signs. Headlines about obesity, sugar
content, health inequalities, alcohol pricing and plain
cigarette packaging have all given public health a media
presence it had struggled to achieve before. Some of
that is down to Public Health England but a lot is down
to the innovative approach taken by Directors of Public
Health. That of course has been possible because of the
allocation of a ring fenced budget and keeping that is
definitely the most significant challenge on the horizon.
Budgets are also high on the agenda for those local
government services who have significant influence
over the wider determinants of health. The continual
cuts to Environmental Health and Planning to name just
two will have a detrimental effect on Public Health and
make the DPHs job that much harder. It has been
suggested that in order to have maximum effect those
services should fall under the ring fenced budget whichwould seem a logical approach. The argument is I know
something Health Watch are starting to take up. Also
prominent over the last month has been an
acknowledgement that global warming may have had a
big influence on recent weather events. It seems that in
most areas it is also finally being accepted as a public
health issue. Highlights of the last 12 months for me
were interviewing Public Health England Chief
Executive Duncan Selby at the Hertfordshire Public
Health Conference in December and watching
JIgsawPSPH continue to develop thanks to all the great
support weve been given. Heres to 12 more months of
progress in keeping public health on the agenda!
Pete
Jigsaw LinksNew Documents:
House of Commons Health Committee
Public Health England Eighth Report
Department of Health
Wellbeing - Why it matters to health policy
Department of Work & Pensions
Psychological Wellbeing and Work
RAND Europe
The Future of Public Health - A horizon scan
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
How Does Money Influence Health
Environment Agency Sustainable Development
Unit
Under the Weather - Improving health, wellbeing
and resilience in climate change
Royal Society
Climate Change Evidence & CausesThe AAAS Climate Science Panel
What We Know; Reality Risks & Response to
Climate Change
See what everyone is talking about
Join us on the
Jigsaw Public Health Forum
atwww.RHEnvironmental.co.uk
Jigsaw Supports Health Psychology Network
Along with our friends at RHEnvironmental and Round
Window Media we recently provided You Tube coverage of
two East of England Health Psychology Network meetings
in Welwyn Garden City. The network is hoping to raise the
profile of Health Psychology in Public Health and has
attracted interest from throughout the country.
Talking Social Media with UNISON
Last month we were invited to talk about Social Media at
the AGM of Fareham BC Unison. It was interesting to learn
how local government is still restricting access to social
media for their own staff despite using it to spread
messages to the public.
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