Ñý¾«¶¯Âþ has a responsibility to support, care for and protect the most vulnerable people in the community, as well as providing information and advice to all Ñý¾«¶¯Âþ residents.
Adults, Wellbeing and Health Partnerships vision
"Supporting people to live their best life"
People live their best life by connecting to their communities, embracing supportive technology and accessing joined-up support and care when needed, which delivers what matters to them.
Delivering this vision will mean residents:
- are informed and able, or have the support, to make decisions about their lives
- are enabled to be active, independent and have good wellbeing
- are connected to their communities
Adults, Wellbeing and Health Partnerships strategic ambitions
- Delivering operational excellence in all that we do whilst keeping our residents and communities safe​.
- Promoting independence and wellbeing to prevent, reduce and delay reliance on long-term care​.
- Managing demand and focussing resources on those most in need, to ensure an effective and financially sustainable system​.
- Providing strategic leadership to reduce health inequalities and enable thriving communities.
​Adults, Wellbeing and Health Partnerships strategic enablers​
- Growing an inclusive culture where our workforce develops, uses technology, understands and removes inequalities in care and support​.
- Transforming our IT systems so we have robust data and insight to make decisions, from the frontline to strategic leaders​.
- Developing a local market with resilience and capacity and which maximises wellbeing, independence and control.
Key support areas you can find useful information on:
- Staying independent
- Mental health
- Support for people with a disability
- Raising concerns and staying safe
- Looking after someone
Senior leaders in Adults, Wellbeing and Health Partnerships
- Executive Director, Adults, Wellbeing and Health Partnerships - Claire Edgar
- Director Transformation, Assurance and Integration - Sarah Kershaw
- Director Integrated Commissioning - Jonathan Lillistone
- Interim Director Public Health - Rachel Wigglesworth
- Director of Lifelong Services - Liz Uliasz
- Director of Living and Ageing Well - Paul Richards
For general enquiries, please contact Adult Social Care.
Public Health
The Public Health team works across a number of key areas of health improvement and protection for the population of Ñý¾«¶¯Âþ. Many of these services are commissioned from third-parties from across the NHS, local government, voluntary and private sectors. The key areas Public Health support are:
- breastfeeding
- national child measurement programme
- children and young people (aged 0 to 19 years)
- healthy child programme
- dental public health
- obesity and weight reduction services
- health checks
- sexual health services
- stopping smoking
- drug and alcohol support services
- mental health and wellbeing
- physical activity
- workplace health
- preventing excess winter deaths
For more information about why public health is important and Ñý¾«¶¯Âþ's public health registrar placements, see About public health