Policy Development

A Council with policy development that maximises the positive health impact of services will have features that include:

• A holistic view is taken, joining-up action across the authority and beyond institutional boundaries to deliver cross-cutting objectives – all Cabinet Reports include a section on overall contribution to health improvement
• Through collecting, sharing and applying robust information, the local authority ensures that all policies contribute to improving health, in line with the WHO Ottawa Charter
• The vision and objectives contained in the Community Strategy and Health, Social Care and Well-being Strategy are translated into service delivery and practice
• Health Impact Assessment and Integrated Impact Assessment are used on a regular basis as part of policy and decision making processes

Please select from the case studies below:

Promoting health awareness to employees by working with our partners to change attitudes towards health & well being - Wrexham

Raising awareness of the challenge and promoting the Health Challenge Denbighshire CD brand - Denbighshire

Developing an integrated health impact assessment tool to support corporate policy development - Ynys Mon

Developing a “Quality of Life “health impact assessment tool - Pembrokeshire

Coordinating specific health action planning through a Health Improvement Group – Neath Port Talbot

Shaping the health and well-being of children and young people-integrating the council’s Children and Young People strategy and the HSCWB strategy - Gwynedd

Developing a Clinical Futures Model to help quantify the capacity needed in local health services - Torfaen

Promoting the health of looked after children – Rhondda Cynon Taff

Improving overall community H&WB by tackling empty and derelict property - Rhondda Cynon Taff

Reducing health inequalities through community heart disease policies and programmes - Carmarthenshire

Developing an integrated approach to delivering a bespoke Food and Health Strategy - Cardiff

Using an established internal Policy Officers Group to support delivery of the Council’s HSCWB strategy across all policy areas - Cardiff

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