Healthy lives, healthy people: update and way forward

Healthy lives, healthy people: update and way forward
ISBN-10
0101813422
ISBN-13
9780101813426
Category
Medical
Pages
40
Language
English
Published
2011-07-14
Publisher
The Stationery Office
Author
Great Britain: Department of Health

Description

The Government's vision for a future Public Health service is set out in this publication. Communities will play a key role in the new system, which will have a clear focus on prevention and reducing inequalities and will work across Government to address the wider social determinants of health. Part of developing this new system will entail clarifying the new leadership role for local authorities and their directors of public health, across health improvement, health protection and population health advice to the NHS. Also establishing a new integrated public health service, Public Health England, to drive improvements in health and protect against health threats. Public Health England will be an executive agency of the Department of Health, providing greater operational independence within a structure that is accountable to the Health Secretary; and clear principles for emergency preparedness, resilience and response. The new system will integrate the three pillars of public health; health protection; health improvement and health services

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