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Equally Well
Kay Barton, Andy Bruce
Della Thomas
Social Policy Context
• Equally Well, the Early Years Framework and Achieving our Potential
• Together they recognise the “strong positive relationship between having the best possible start in life, enjoying good health, a good education and having enough money to provide for yourself and your family” (AoP Nov 2008)
Upstream/downstream: reducing inequalities in health depends on reducing inequalities in life chances and
life circumstances
Key Messages from Equally Well
• Early years and young people• Harms to health and wellbeing: alcohol, drugs
and violence• Big killer diseases and risk factors • Physical environments and transport• High economic, social and health burden
imposed by mental illness & the need to improve mental wellbeing
• Local delivery of change, collaboration between the Community Planning Partners
Equally Well Test Sites
• East & Mid Lothian – service pathways in early years “Support from the start”
• Greater Glasgow – integrating health and planning in Glasgow
• Lanarkshire – sustained employment• South East Glasgow – service redesign to meet key
priorities in Govanhill • Perth & Kinross – co-ordination leads for meeting needs
in Rattray area of Blairgowrie• Fife – safer neighbourhoods • Tayside – integrating mental health improvement in a
defined community within Dundee• West Dunbartonshire – targeting tobacco in Whitecrook • http://equallywell.ning.com
Equally Well Review
• Make additional recommendations or statements to give impetus to the vision for tackling inequalities set out in the 3 linked social policy frameworks, in light of tight public sector finances and any new evidence or trends in the key social inequalities
• Gauge how well agencies including SG have been able to respond so far to the principles & recommendations of EW
• Consider how to replicate the EW test sites and effective local delivery arrangements more generally
• Set out future arrangements for future monitoring & governance
CPPs & SOAs – key drivers for change
• Clear understanding of problems of poor health locally that contribute to Scotland's health inequalities (targeting of resources and effort)
• Outcomes that tackle underlying causes (e.g. family support in children’s early years, physical environments, poverty and unemployment)
• Thinking beyond short term to medium and long term challenges
• Evidence/potential for collaborative gain• Evidence of Equally Well test site theme
Annex 6 and the LDP
• Role of NHS Boards in the delivery of the SOA
• Covers Equally Well, Early Years, Achieving our Potential
• Includes Economic Recovery