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An information briefing produced by the Department of Health - South East, based at the Government Office for the South East. The briefing acts as a signpost to public health and social care resources, evidence, policy, news and events.

SEPHO newsletter - August 2010

An information briefing produced by the Department of Health - South East, based at the Government Office for the South East. The briefing acts as a signpost to public health and social care resources, evidence, policy, news and events.

PHORCaST is a new UK-wide website currently aimed at those working within public health, those wishing to enter public health and those responsible for public health education, development, training, planning and providing careers advice to the public health workforce. It aims to promote public health careers for the entire public health workforce in the UK, and in particular, to aid recruitment and retention.

An information briefing produced by the Department of Health - South East, based at the Government Office for the South East. The briefing acts as a signpost to public health and social care resources, evidence, policy, news and events.

This is the Health Inequalities theme chapter of the second joint annual report of Professor Yvonne Doyle and Professor John Newton, the South East England regional directors of public health. The South East is one of the healthiest regions in England, but in common with elsewhere in the country faces many challenges to current and future health: while life expectancy is high and early death rates from cancer and circulatory disease are low, more than one in five adults smoke, more than one in five adults are obese, levels of physical activity are low, and marked inequalities in health remain. The report looks back over the 2009/10 financial year and provides: - an update on key documents published during the year of relevance to the health inequalities theme of the South East Health & Well-Being Strategy - a spine chart summarising how the South East is performing on a number of high-level health inequalities indicators - an ‘in focus’ section concentrating in greater detail on tobacco control and NHS Health Checks - a concluding section giving examples of the progress made at the regional level in supporting local work aimed at reducing health inequalities. In addition to this theme chapter, the executive summary, full report and five other regional Health & Well-Being Strategy theme chapters can be downloaded separately via the links below. Comments on this report are warmly welcomed and can be addressed to Professor Doyle and Professor Newton at health@gose.gsi.gov.uk THIS REPORT IS AVAILABLE IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT ONLY.

This is the Sustainable Region theme chapter of the second joint annual report of Professor Yvonne Doyle and Professor John Newton, the South East England regional directors of public health. The South East is one of the healthiest regions in England, but in common with elsewhere in the country faces many challenges to current and future health: while life expectancy is high and early death rates from cancer and circulatory disease are low, more than one in five adults smoke, more than one in five adults are obese, levels of physical activity are low, and marked inequalities in health remain. The report looks back over the 2009/10 financial year and provides: - an update on key documents published during the year of relevance to the sustainable region theme of the South East Health & Well-Being Strategy - a spine chart summarising how the South East is performing on a number of high-level sustainability indicators - an ‘in focus’ section concentrating in greater detail on increasing awareness of the health effects of climate change and on food procurement - a concluding section giving examples of the progress made at the regional level in promoting the positive ‘win-win’ overlap between actions to address the causes of climate change and improving the health of the population. In addition to this theme chapter, the executive summary, full report and five other regional Health & Well-Being Strategy theme chapters can be downloaded separately via the links below. Comments on this report are warmly welcomed and can be addressed to Professor Doyle and Professor Newton at health@gose.gsi.gov.uk THIS REPORT IS AVAILABLE IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT ONLY.

This is the Safer Communities theme chapter of the second joint annual report of Professor Yvonne Doyle and Professor John Newton, the South East England regional directors of public health. The South East is one of the healthiest regions in England, but in common with elsewhere in the country faces many challenges to current and future health: while life expectancy is high and early death rates from cancer and circulatory disease are low, more than one in five adults smoke, more than one in five adults are obese, levels of physical activity are low, and marked inequalities in health remain. The report looks back over the 2009/10 financial year and provides: - an update on key documents published during the year of relevance to the safer communities theme of the South East Health & Well-Being Strategy - a spine chart summarising how the South East is performing on a number of high-level safer communities indicators - an ‘in focus’ section concentrating in greater detail on alcohol consumption and alcohol-related violence - a concluding section giving examples of the progress made at the regional level in supporting local work aimed at tackling the harms caused by alcohol misuse. In addition to this theme chapter, the executive summary, full report and five other regional Health & Well-Being Strategy theme chapters can be downloaded separately via the links below. Comments on this report are warmly welcomed and can be addressed to Professor Doyle and Professor Newton at health@gose.gsi.gov.uk THIS REPORT IS AVAILABLE IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT ONLY.

This is the Employment and Health theme chapter of the second joint annual report of Professor Yvonne Doyle and Professor John Newton, the South East England regional directors of public health. The South East is one of the healthiest regions in England, but in common with elsewhere in the country faces many challenges to current and future health: while life expectancy is high and early death rates from cancer and circulatory disease are low, more than one in five adults smoke, more than one in five adults are obese, levels of physical activity are low, and marked inequalities in health remain. The report looks back over the 2009/10 financial year and provides: - an update on key documents published during the year of relevance to the employment and health theme of the South East Health & Well-Being Strategy - a spine chart summarising how the South East is performing on a number of high-level employment and health indicators - an ‘in focus’ section concentrating in greater detail on improving health in the small business sector - a concluding section giving examples of the progress made at the regional level in supporting local work aimed at improving the health and well-being of the workforce across the South East. In addition to this theme chapter, the executive summary, full report and five other regional Health & Well-Being Strategy theme chapters can be downloaded separately via the links below. Comments on this report are warmly welcomed and can be addressed to Professor Doyle and Professor Newton at health@gose.gsi.gov.uk THIS REPORT IS AVAILABLE IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT ONLY.