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Meeting: 07/04/2022 - Health and Wellbeing Board (Item 48)

48 Devon Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy: Priorities and Outcomes Monitoring pdf icon PDF 29 KB

Report of the Director of Public Health, which reviews progress against the overarching priorities identified in the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy for Devon 2020-2025, attached.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Board noted the Report of 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 latest Health and Wellbeing Outcomes Report, along with this paper, was available on the Devon Health and Wellbeing website.

 

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 following indicators had been updated since the last report to the Board as follows:

 

Alcohol-Related Admissions (Narrow), 2020/21

 

The alcohol related admission rate per 100,000 in Devon was 424.3. This was statistically better than the England rate of 455.9. East Devon, Mid Devon, South Hams and West Devon were all statistically better than the England average and Exeter and North Devon were statistically worse.

 

Cancer Diagnosed at Stage 1 or 2, 2019

 

The proportion of cancer diagnosed at stage 1 or 2 rate for Devon was 57.8%. This was statistically better than the England value of 55.1%. However, most areas in Devon were statistically similar to England, with only East Devon and Exeter performing statistically better.

 

Emergency Hospital Admissions for Intentional Self Harm, 2020/21

 

The rate of emergency hospital admissions for intentional self harm in Devon was 211 per 100,000, which was statistically worse than the England rate of 181.2. Exeter, Mid Devon, North Devon and Torridge were all significantly worse than the England rate and only West Devon was statistically better.

 

Injuries Due to Falls, 2020/21

 

The rate of injuries due to falls in Devon was 1662.4 per 100,000. This was statistically better than the England rate of 2023.0. Almost all areas in Devon were statistically better than the England rate except for North Devon and West Devon which were statistically similar.

 

Reablement Services (Effectiveness), 2020/21

 

The proportion of older people (65 and over) who were still at home 91 days after discharge from hospital into reablement services in Devon was 67%. This was statistically significantly worse than the England proportion of 79.1%. All local authority areas in Devon were also significantly worse than the England rate.

 

Self Reported Wellbeing (Low Happiness Score), 2020/21

 

The percentage of people self reporting low happiness was 7.2% for Devon. This was statistically significantly better than the England proportion of 9.2%.

 

Discussion and questions covered:

 

-       A masterclass on the navigation tools available on the JSNA web pages was offered to those Board Members requiring assistance in obtaining information.

-       It was noted that an update on Self-Harm would be provided to the next Board meeting in July.

 



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