The Shaping the Future Work Programme Jenny Griffiths
Dec 30, 2015
The story …
• Health promotion matters …• It deserves the same recognition
in the UK as it has internationally • The report – 2005• The Collaboration – 2006• Funding – UK Departments of
Health• The future …
Purpose
• Advocacy– History, theory, evidence base, values
and principles, ways of working– Cost-effectiveness– Well-designed programmes contribute
to key national targets
• Support for the workforce
New website: www.rsph.org.uk/healthpromotion
Communication with the workforce
• New website: www.rsph.org.uk/healthpromotion
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• Annual conferences, stakeholder forums, papers and articles
Advocacy - 1
• Aim to enhance both national infrastructure support and ownership at local level
• Leadership by the new RSPH and Collaboration partners
• Links with others, e.g. Association of Directors of Public Health
Advocacy - 2
• Membership of Faculty of Public Health group on practitioner development
• And PH Workforce Programme Board• Work closely with UK Public Health
Register on practitioner regulation• RSPH hosts the HP Academics Forum• Enhanced links with International
Union of Health Promotion and Education
We need you!
• If we are to advocate effectively for you, we need you to join one of we need you to join one of our organisationsour organisations
• We are developing a proposal for an integrated membership package
• But in the meantime, please join RSPH, IHPE or (if eligible) the FPH
Development of materials and resources• Specialised health promotion: You
can’t be the best without it!• Framework for Ethical Health
Promotion with SHEPS Cymru• Discussion paper on social marketing
for health and health promotion• Why Theory Matters, with Prof. J.
Green• Commissioning project – R. Shircore
RSPH Health Promotion Awards
• Launched in 2008 to recognise organisational excellence in health promotion and community well-being
• First 5 Award-winners: NHS N. Lancs, N.E. Essex, Plymouth, Rotherham, Sefton Partnership
• Express interest now in 2nd wave
Future plans – subject to funding
• Strengthen involvement of Scotland and Northern Ireland
• Regional networks, including theory into practice
• More advocacy• Complete commissioning project• Continued partnership with NSMC• Continued involvement with
practitioner development work – UKPHR and FPH