The Changing Policy Context: Coming out of transition

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School of Medicine, Pharmacy & Health


The Changing Policy Context: Coming out of transition

Presented by David HunterProfessor of Health Policy and Management12th July 2013

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A Little HistoryHistory tells us that local government played thegreatest historical role in the sanitary revolutionduring Britain’s rapid industrialisation Improved housing Cleared nuisances Introduced gas lighting Provided public bathing and washing facilities Infectious disease control through MOH

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Public Health and the NHS: a difficult relationship

While the NHS claimed from the outset to give high priority to the promotion of health…in reality this aspect of the service was never more than weakly developed, notwithstanding claims to the contrary, habitually made in ministerial speeches.

Charles Webster (1996)

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Local Government: public health’s natural home

Many people in local government believe it is their organisations, rather than health authorities, that are public health authorities.

Tony Elson (1999)

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The Main Determinants of Health

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New Public Health System (1) A tale of two parts

Return of public health locally to local government

Creation of Public Health England at centre

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New Public Health System (2) Key drivers

‘Centralisation has failed’ Localism at heart of new system: principle of

subsidiarity Professional ownership and leadership More nudge, less shove

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Making it Happen (1)

Transfer of DsPH to local government (April 2013)

Health and Wellbeing Boards Health and wellbeing strategy, including

JSNA Ring-fenced budgets (first 2 years)

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Making it Happen (2)

‘Health premium’ Clinical Commissioning Groups Creation of Public Health England NHS England Public health outcomes framework

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Public Health Outcomes Framework

4 domains Improving wider determinants of health Health improvement Health protection Health care public health and preventing

premature mortality

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Progress with Health & Wellbeing Boards (1)

Face considerable challenge to do things differently and overcome tribalism

Clarity needed about what HWBs want to achieve: risk of distraction, focus on NHS acute hospitals reconfiguration issues

Central-local tension with HWBs caught in the middle

Risk of re-badging previous partnership arrangements

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Progress with Health & Wellbeing Boards (2)

Diversity to be expected – need to capture the learning

Risk of another layer adding to an already complex architecture and increasing transaction costs

Tough leadership challenge – do they come more complex or wicked?

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Strengthening the Evidence Base

NICE public health guidance being given a makeover to be more local government facing

Relationship between NICE and PHE NIHR School for Public Health Research

(SPHR)

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NICE’s Public Health ‘Offer’ Evidence reviews, briefings, guidance, quality

standards, other evidence based outputs Accreditation of other public health guidance

producers Methodological leadership and support on

optimal ways of reviewing and appraising evidence

QOF for public health

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NIHR SPHR (1)

‘Soft’ launch 18 April 2012: www.nihr.ac.uk School is made up of 8 academic institutions,

including Fuse (www.fuse.ac.uk) £20 million over 5 years

http://www.nihr.ac.uk/

http://www.fuse.ac.uk/

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NIHR SPHR (2)

Narrowing gap between users and suppliers of research

Increasing evidence base for effective public health practice: applied research

Undertaking applied translational research Considering local public health needs and

evaluating innovative local practices with the potential for wider benefit

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Known Unknowns

Changing nature of DPH role Impact of ring-fenced public health budget How effective HWBs will be Nature of links to CCGs Future of public health workforce in NHS Sector led improvement Relationship between LG and PHE

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More Known Unknowns

What is the nature of the ‘support’ to be provided by Public Health England?

A more evidence-informed culture in local government – role of NICE, PHE and others

Balance between tackling SDH and addressing the ‘nudge’ agenda: where does Marmot figure?

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