The Wigan Deal for Children and Young

People – An integrated approach to health and

wellbeing

Professor Kate Ardern MBChB MSc FFPH

Director of Public Health

Wigan Council

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Children’s Health in Wigan

• The health and wellbeing of children in Wigan is generally worse

than the England average

• 36% of Children are not school ready and in some parts of the

Borough this figure raises to 80%

• 10.9% of children aged 4-5 years and 19.8% of children aged 10-11

years are classified as obese

• Oral health – rates of decayed, missing and filled teeth at age 4

years are worse than the England average

• Participation rates in NCMP has risen from 93% to 96% in YR and

88% to 97% in Y6 (2007 – 2016)

• Immunisation rates exceed the 90% targets and are better than the

England average.

• Breastfeeding rates and smoking at time of delivery outcomes

continue to improve

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Be Positive… take pride in all that you do

Be Courageous… be open to doing things differently

Be Accountable… be responsible for making things better

Our behaviours

Because howwe do things is just as important as what we do

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RSPH Young Health Champions

What is it? – It is an RSPH Level 2 qualification (GCSE equivalent) in health

education.

What is taught? – knowledge and practical skills to enable young people to

facilitate peer to peer education and mentoring about lifestyle related risks to

health to influence real and sustained change in the wider community

Who is it for? – young people aged 14-18 to enable them to act as ‘health

advisors’ to their peers across a range of settings including schools, colleges,

youth clubs, GP practices, YP health services and in youth offending

institutions.

What are the benefits? – it supports young people to make healthy choices

and influence their peers to do so . The model supports place-based delivery

and will provide young people with the skills support the future health and

social care work force and to act as advocates for local services.

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Lets Get Movin’ – Healthy Habits for Life

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Case Study: Stephen

September 2015

BMI 25.9 99.6th >

January 2017

BMI 23.3 91st >

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Wellfest 2016 - launch of the Daily Mile

The Daily Toddle – Little Acorns Nursery

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“I enjoy running the Daily Mile. It gives you the opportunity to have fun and chat with your friends and improve your stamina. I think the whole school is getting fitter because we do the Mile everyday.”

“The Daily Mile is great

because it gives you a break from work in the afternoons. It’s better than just having a playtime because it’s like having a fun lesson where you are learning why it’s important to be fit and healthy”.

12 k’s of Christmas Daily Mile = cross county success

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Thank you for your time

and attention.

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