Ashfield Partnership

Health and Wellbeing Group

Health and Well Being Group

The Primary Care Trust covering Ashfield - NHS Nottinghamshire County - has a statutory duty to implement programmes to tackle health and wellbeing in partnership with other agencies and the community. To ensure that the health and wellbeing programme finds expression through our strategies, a Senior Officer from the Primary Care Trust has a seat on the Executive.

The Health and Wellbeing Group is chaired by Fiona Callaghan, Health Improvement Principal, NHS Nottinghamshire County and includes representatives from the following organisations:

Officer, Nottinghamshire County Teaching Primary Care Trust
Officer, Ashfield Links Forum
Healthy Lifestyles Manager, Ashfield District Council
Officers, Nottinghamshire County Council

The Group will work towards the following outcomes:

To reduce the prevalence of smoking amongst the adult population
To reduce exposure to environmental tobacco smoke
To raise awareness of the risk of smoking and to prevent the initiation of smoking by young people
Reduce the incidence and impact of avoidable injuries with regard to those suffering disadvantage
Increased awareness and participation in healthy lifestyles as outlined in â€˜An Active Lifestyles Strategy for Ashfield 2007-2012â€™:
Reduced obesity prevalence as outlined in â€˜An Active Lifestyles Strategy for Ashfield 2007-2012â€™:
A reduction of obesity levels in young people as outlined in â€˜An Active Lifestyles Strategy for Ashfield 2007-2012â€™:
A reduction in hospital admissions due to alcohol misuse
To provide education, supporting early intervention work within primary and secondary schools, young peopleâ€™s and community events
To provide brief intervention training for Tier 1 and/or 2 services, primarily workers within supported accommodation/tenancy support services
Improvements in the health of patients who have access to benefits and welfare information and advice in primary care
Tackling awareness and stigma associated with people whom suffer from Mental Health issues
Establish the Ashfield & Mansfield Mental Health & Wellbeing Group
Improved health in the workplace