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Transitioning Public Health Services in Lancashire: Building a Strong Local Foundation

This initiative outlines the collaborative efforts in Lancashire to transition public health services during a significant reform. The Pan Lancashire Cluster Health and Wellbeing Partnership Steering Group is at the forefront, providing strategic direction and leadership through various teams. The goal is to establish a comprehensive public health service by April 2013, focusing on business continuity, health intelligence, and resources. Key representatives from local authorities, NHS, and public health agencies are actively working on priorities, workforce mapping, and community engagement to ensure a smooth transition and robust public health offer.

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Transitioning Public Health Services in Lancashire: Building a Strong Local Foundation

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  1. Looking locally

  2. Why Public Health Lancashire? • Protect the public health resource during the transition • Provide a strong foundation for the local public health service

  3. Pan Lancashire Cluster Health and Wellbeing Partnership Steering Group Providing strategic direction for PHL via representatives from PCTs, Local Authorities and Regional Bodies Leadership Group Providing leadership for PHL project Project Team Coordinating the PHL project Theme Groups & Priority Objectives Providing technical support and advice for the PHL Project * Communications Group Resources Group Human Resources Group Capacity & Capability Group Public Health Offer Group Offer to CCG’s

  4. Lancashire Agenda • Working with Lancashire County Council to develop a new public health service • Steering Group – Directors of Public Health, Senior Officers from LCC, NHS Lancashire, Health Protection Agency, District Council Chief Executive, Deputy Regional DPH • Leadership Group Frank Atherton Seconded to LCC to lead transition work / Chair Maggi Morris Director of Public Health – NHS Central Lancashire Sohail Bhatti Interim Director of Public Health – NHS East Lancashire Mike Leaf Acting Director of Public Health – NHS North Lancashire Deborah Harkins Head of the Joint Health Unit / Director of the Lancashire Public Health Network

  5. What has happened so far? • Mapped workforce • We know what we spend • We’ve agreed 11 priorities for business continuity and/or readiness for the reforms e.g. Public Health Intelligence (hub) • We’ve held a number of sessions with elected members in Districts and Lancashire County Council • Staff events

  6. Approval to go forward In September the Lancashire County Council Cabinet and NHS Lancashire agreed: • To authorise the Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing to proceed with the recruitment of a Director of Public Health and the establishment of a public health structure within the County Council’s overall management structure; • To note the three domains of public health for which LCC will be responsible from April 2013 • To note the financial and staffing implications of the transfer of public health responsibilities from the NHS. • Public Health Lancashire Business Plan 2011/12

  7. The 11 Priority Objectives for Business Continuity

  8. PH Lancashire work programme 2011-12 • Identified priority objectives • Structured by the 3 main domains of public health as well as health intelligence. • Lead identified for each, tasked with: • Bringing together a group from across the county • Developing a proposed work programme to deliver the objectives • Identify priorities, duplication and areas for disinvestment • Develop proposals for how the Lancashire public health service should be organised to deliver the work programme

  9. Summary • 2012/13 develop a shadow Public Health Service for Lancashire • A Lancashire public health service, in place by April 2013 The challenge is… • How can we work together to support this change?

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