1. Informing Healthier Choices Information & Intelligence for Healthy Populations Nick Payne

2. The approach Central policy and funding from Choosing Health A synthesis of good ideas, experience and knowledge from the field. Continuing development of implementation plans in a changing - and disrupted! - landscape

3. Informing Healthier Choices – consultation draft March 2006 How did we do?

4. Common criticisms Lack of detail, uncertain funding Too broad and aspirational Local perspective not sufficiently recognised Too much emphasis on IT systems Areas omitted – child health, dental, disease registers Not enough on health protection Not enough on primary data collection and quality

5. Response Publish responses Redraft the strategy – clear vision, greater emphasis on workforce and data, specific proposals not aspirations Launch redrafted strategy – November 2006 Get on with the work - Steering Group, resources, Implementation Plans Continued consultation

6. Progress Secured budgets Health Profiles - LA and National National Library for Public Health Workforce skills regional workshops Childhood height and weight data collection Use of GP data (QRes and IMS) for ethnicity, risk factor, CVD risk score, analysis Disease prevalence modelling (HT and CHD) Feeding into the Commissioning Framework Public health desktop concept

8. In the pipeline Workforce training and support New data collection opportunities including mental health, sexual health, drug misuse Disease registers – Work with Information Centre Data sharing guidance Harmonising regional information functions Work with Connecting for Health and Information Centre

9. Informing Healthier Choices: the Four-Box approach 1.Workforce training and support – Katie Enock 2.Stronger organisations – John Newton 3.Development of a health information and intelligence portal and supporting information systems – Daragh Fahey 4.Improved data and information provision – Nick Payne and Mike Soljak

10. Improved Data and Information Provision Health Profiles Childhood Height and Weight Dental Data Sexual Health Data Alcohol and Substance Misuse Data Social Marketing Data Ethnicity Data Use of health surveys

11. The future need? Better specification of information requirements Better match of analytical approaches to questions / problems and associated interventions Provision of bespoke information and knowledge services and tools to users Removal of barriers to use of information and knowledge

12. What happens next? Roll-out of existing projects with advisory groups Collaborative specification of new project and associated deliverables Development of viable implementation plans Annual review and continued consultation Policy work at national, regional and local work

13. What does all this mean locally? Thoughts and ideas PCTs District Councils PHOs Universities SHAs County Councils APHO Improved Information to Improve Health

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15. Result of consultation 108 detailed responses Overall supportive, constructive even enthusiastic Welcomed an emphasis on content not process Many specific criticisms

16. Information and Intelligence and Health Reform SHAs should lead and performance manage development of information and intelligence capacity in their area PCTs and LAs should be information- driven and knowledge-led commissioners