Healthy Wealden
Health and Wellbeing
Strategy 2017- 2020
Wealden’s Corporate Plan states that people in Wealden should
have the opportunity to enjoy a good quality of life through:
• Helping to build stronger, more self-reliant communities
• Working with our partners to help Wealden residents become
healthier
This is reflected in the new
Health and Wellbeing Strategy
The cost of no action is that our nation will need to spend billions
of pounds on wholly avoidable illness .
October 2014
The NHS Five Year Forward View:
Background to the Strategy
Supporting residents health journey
WSP Exercise:
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Ways to Wellbeing
connect
be active
take notice
keep learning
give
Key findings from WDC Residents
Health Survey Results
“What areas of your life in relation to health &
wellbeing would you like to change?”
% of responses
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
What areas would you like to change...
Key findings from WDC Residents
health surveys
• The biggest motivator to people to increase their levels of activity is
to see improvements in their own health.
• Digital Devices- most people would consider using a digital device to
encourage them to do more physical activity.
Would you consider using apps or other
digital devices to help you with lifestyle
changes?
No
27%
Yes
73%
The Wealden Health Profile
The health of people in Wealden is generally better than the
England average.
But we do have our challenges:
The proportion of Year 6 children classified as overweight or
obese = 26%
The proportion of adults classified as overweight or obese = 63%
Average Life Expectancy has increased by 1.2 years since 2012the average life expectancy in Wealden is now 83.3 years.
Wealden has an older age profile compared to England.
Physical Activity
Public Health England (PHE) state in their
evidence based approach to physical activity
‘Everybody Active, Every Day’ that physical
inactivity directly contributes to one in six deaths
in the UK: the same number as smoking.
Physical inactivity is the fourth largest cause of
disease and disability in the UK.
Health Costs of physical inactivity
and possible return on investment
Latest Sport England and British Heart Foundation research has
suggested that the costs of inactivity on our health are:
Disease Category
Wealden
South East
England
Diabetes
£579,730
£27,701,104
£190,660,420
Coronary Heart
Disease
£1,638,585
£65,517,904
£491,095,943
Cerebrovascular
disease e.g. Stroke
£477,014
£21,137,006
£134,359,285
Total cost
£2,695,329
£114,356,014
£816,115,648
How active are we?
Currently, 150
minutes of
weekly Physical
Activity is
achieved by
63% of
Wealden adults.
Health and Wellbeing Strategy
2017 - 2020
The Council already does much to improve and maintain health and
wellbeing of the population through its work in such areas as housing,
environmental health, planning, leisure, economic development and other
services.
But we are keen to add to this. It is considered that there are three key
outcomes where the Council can make the most difference to our
residents, these reflect those listed in the Sport England Strategy:
‘Towards an Active Nation’ (2016- 2021):
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Physical and mental wellbeing (Including individual development)
•
social and community development
•
economic development.
*New activities to be measured by Sport England are
walking, cycling and dance.
Physical Activity:
If exercise could be packed into a pill, it would be
the single most widely prescribed and beneficial
medicine in the nation.
Dr. Robert Butler. National Institute on Ageing.
Healthy Wealden Website
New website dedicated to information and
advice on healthy lifestyles and activities and
events within the Wealden District
Will link to partner websites such as ESCC
Public Health, Freedom Leisure, 3VA etc
Will also highlight Parish and Town Council
websites promoting their open space areas
and local activities
Walking is…
Free !
It’s convenient
Accessible to most people
Sociable or can be carried out by yourself
Most popular form of physical activity
Can be scheduled into daily life
No equipment or special clothing needed
Overcomes perceived barriers to physical activity
Higher levels of adherence compared to other sports
Find a walk to suit you!
Offering a great mixture of
walks; from short health
walks to longer rambles.
Enjoy the Wealden landscape
all year round.
Making exercise easy and accessible to all.
Health benefits of walking:
• Relieves symptoms of anxiety and depression
• Helps to control and maintain weight (over 60 % of
adult Wealden residents are overweight or obese)
• Reduces the risk of developing conditions such as
diabetes type 2 and cardiovascular disease.
Herstmonceux Health Coach Project
Quote from one of our first patients:
‘I'll vouch that the health coach is very
approachable and makes suggestions that fit
your lifestyle. She listens to where you are and
suggests ideas from that. I'm going back in two
weeks time. Would recommend for anyone
looking to start making changes.’
Partnership Project with Wealden, Freedom Leisure and
Herstmonceux Integrative Health Centre.
Over 20 patient referrals in first 2 months of project.
Why dementia ?
Average life expectancy in Wealden has increased by 1.2 years
since 2012 .
Average life expectancy in Wealden is now 83.3 .Wealden has an
older age profile compared to England.
There are 1,159 patients on dementia registers in Wealden.
The true number of people living with dementia is
substantially higher
Wealden Dementia Action Alliance
• Supporting the development of
Dementia Alliance forums in Wealden
villages /towns (Uckfield, Polegate,
Rotherfield and Hailsham)
• Dementia Friends - over 200 people
attended sessions to be dementia
aware.
• Dementia Friendly film screenings :
8 films so far.
• Developing Dementia Friendly swim
sessions at Freedom Leisure centre.
Examples of other health programmes
supported in the action plan
• Freedom Leisure activities such as GP
Referral, Falls prevention, Strength
and Balance and weight management
• Healthy Eating such as ‘Eat out, Eat
Well’
• Healthy Workforce (WDC and wider
businesses and organisations)
Thank you- for further information
Please contact
Helen Markwick, Community and
Regeneration Manager
[email protected]
Sophie Hepworth
Community and Regeneration Officer
(Public Health)
[email protected]