Rochdale Borough S Holistic Lifestyleaction Plan

Rochdale Borough’s Holistic LifestyleAction Plan

Action / Lead/key players / Timescale / Target/milestones / Evidence
Health Trainers
To tackle local health inequalities by offering personalised behaviour change lifestyle support to people at risk of developing poor health with particular emphasis on hard to reach populations. Eg. Weight Management, Healthy Eating, Physical Activity and Smoking. / Pennine Care / On going / Provide awareness raising behaviour change support and sign posting to 2300 people in 2013-14 / “Supporting patients to make informed choices in primary care: what works by”, (University of Birmingham in, May 2009)
To provide additional support to those who need it most to enable people to make healthier choices, access the services they need and take greater control over their health & wellbeing. / Pennine Care / On going / 70% of people supported through service from hard to reach populations / “Supporting patients to make informed choices in primary care: what works by”, (University of Birmingham in, May 2009)
To support the delivery of integrated healthy lifestyle service. / Pennine Care / On going / To partake in the development of the integrated lifestyle partnership
Health Connections
To ensure objectives, key target dates, milestones and outcomes of the Big Lottery Wellbeing 2 project are met. That they are monitored, evaluated and reported to Big Lottery quarterly. / RMBC
Link4Life
C&VS / June 2013-May2015 / To encourage and support people to lead healthier lifestyles with particular emphasis on physical activity, healthy eating and mental wellbeing. / Big Lottery Wellbeing NW Portfolio.
To ensure objectives, key target dates, milestones and outcomes of the CommunityDevelopment Specification are achieved, monitored and reported to Commissioners. / RMBC
C&VS / Ongoing / Support the involvement of local people in activities to encourage behaviour change resulting in healthier lifestyles. Build local capacity and capability in improving health through, knowledge, support & training. / Healthy Lives, Healthy People.2010.
NICE Community Engagement to Improve Health 2008. NICE Obesity: Working with Local People. Nov 2012
School Nutrition Advisor to lead on Food, Nutrition, Healthy Eating & Food Strategy.Cascade healthy eating messages and teach practical cookery skills. Increase number of families taking up their entitlement to healthy start vouchers. / RMBC, Healthy Schools.Link4life / Ongoing / See Food & Healthy Eating Action Plan. / See Food & Healthy Eating Action Plan.
Health Chats
Phase 1 – completion of training by pilot partners / Link4Life, RMBC, Pennine Acute / Ongoing / 30 per trainer - ongoing / NHS Every Contact Counts programme
Phase 2 – wider roll out of training to community, prison and frontline staff / Pennine Care / End May / 900 Health Chatters & Capacity enablers trained by end of May 2013 / NHS Every Contact Counts programme
Phase 3 – Under 19s to complete training of young people / Hopwood Hall College, Rochdale Training Association, Skills Solutions / Summer 2013 / 150 under 19s Health Chatters trained / NHS Every Contact Counts programme
Further Under 19s roll out to schools & young people’s groups such as Guides and Scouts / Sue Astin / End March 2014 / TBC – planning to commence / NHS Every Contact Counts programme
Investigate potential for Health Chats within military veterans community / Link4Life / End March 2014 / TBC – planning to commence / NHS Every Contact Counts programme & local authority support for veterans plans