The
Board considered a Report from the Director of Public Health, on
the
performance for the Board, which monitored the priorities
identified in the
Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy for Devon
2020-25.
The indicator list and
performance summary within the full report set out the priorities,
indicators and indicator types, and
included a trend line, highlighting change over time.
The full Health and Wellbeing
Outcomes Report for January 2021, along with this paper, was
available on the Devon Health and Wellbeing website:
www.devonhealthandwellbeing.org.uk/jsna/healthandwellbeingoutcomesreport
The Report monitored the four
Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2020-25 priorities, and
included breakdowns by local authority, district and trends over time. These priorities
areas included:
· Create opportunities for
all
· Healthy safe, strong and sustainable communities
· Focus on mental
health
· Maintain good health for
all
The indicators below had all
been updated since the last report to the Board;
- Key Stage 4
Performance, 2019/20 - the percentage of
pupils achieving grades 5 or above (in English and Mathematics
GCSEs) in Devon was 48.7%. This was significantly lower compared to
the England average of 49.9%;
- Overall Rate of
Crime, 2019/20 - in Devon, the rate of
crime from incidents recorded by the police was 47.4 per 1,000
population, a rate which was significantly lower compared to the
England average;
- Emergency Hospital
Admissions for Intentional Self-Harm,
2019/20 - in Devon, the rate of emergency hospitalisations for
self-harm was 230.1 per 100,000 population, a rate which was
significantly higher compared to the England average. Across Devon,
there was variation in rates across the Districts. North Devon and
Torridge rates were significantly higher compared to the England
average (326.8 and 253.8 respectively).
- Self-Reported
Wellbeing (low happiness score %), 2019/20 - the percentage of people who self-reported with a low
happiness score in Devon was 5.7%. This is significantly lower
compared to the England average of 8.7%
- Social
Contentedness, 2019/20 - The percentage
of service users who reported that ‘they had as much social
contact as they would like’ in the Adult Social Care and
Carers Survey in Devon was 45.8%. This was statistically similar
compared to the England average.
- Alcohol-Specific
Admissions in Under 18s, 2017-20 - in
Devon, the rate of under 18s hospitalisations for alcohol specific
causes was 51.4 per 100,000 population, a rate which was
significantly higher compared to England average.
- Cancer Diagnosed
at Stage 1 or 2, 2018 - the percentage of
cancers diagnosed at an early stage in Devon was 58.4%. This was
significantly higher compared to the England average of 55.0%.
Across Devon, there was some variation across the Districts. East
Devon, Exeter, South Hams and Teignbridge were significantly higher
compared to the England average (58.9%, 60.4%, 59.6% and 58.8%
respectively).
- Re-ablement Services
(Effectiveness), 2019/20 - the percentage
of persons 65 and over who were still at home 31 days after
discharge into reablement/rehabilitation in Devon was 85.8%. This
was significantly higher compared to the England average of
82.0%
- Re-ablement Services (Coverage), 2019/20 - the ...
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