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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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Equally Well

Equally Well

Kay Barton, Andy Bruce

Della Thomas

Page 2: Equally Well

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)

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Upstream/downstream: reducing inequalities in health depends on reducing inequalities in life chances and

life circumstances

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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