Welcome to the UK Healthy Cities Network
The UK Healthy Cities Network is part of a global movement for urban health that is led and supported by the World Health Organization (WHO). Its vision is to develop a creative, supportive and motivating network for UK cities and towns that are tackling health inequalities and striving to put health improvement and health equity at the core of all local policies.
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The Healthy Cities Movement
Healthy Cities is a global movement that engages local authorities and their partners in health development through a process of political commitment, institutional change, capacity-building, partnership-based planning and innovative projects. Healthy Cities seek to apply Health for All principles such as equity, empowerment, intersectoral collaboration and community participation through local action in urban settings.Within Europe there are over 90 Healthy Cities and 30 National Healthy Cities Networks with designated status from WHO Europe.
Featured Resources
Governance for Health in the 21st Century
Health 2020 European Policy Framework
Assets in Action & Asset based approaches for health improvement: redressing the balance
The Asset-Based Community Development Institute (ABCD)
BMA Healthy transport = Healthy lives
From the Earth Summit to Rio+20: integration of health and sustainable development
Guide to Development in Manchester - Supplementary Planning Document and Planning Guidance (SPD)
Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion 2012
Public health briefings for local government
Public health briefings for local government cont/....
Reuniting health with planning: healthier homes, healthier communities
News & Events
European Public Health Conference 2013
Event
13th - 16th November 2013
6th EUROPEAN PUBLIC HEALTH CONFERENCE Health in Europe: are we there yet?
Learning from the past, building the future
The Square, Brussels, Belgium
City Health 2013
Event
4th - 5th November 2013
Turning Point Scotland and the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations invite you to participate in the Second International City Health Conference to be held at the Glasgow Science Centre in November 2013.
23rd May 2013
Chaired by:
Dr Sarah Wollaston MP, Member, Health Select Committee
This event is CPD certified
Annual report for 2012
Minimum unit pricing for alcohol will save lives
News
The Faculty of Public Health (FPH) is alarmed by reports that the government is intending to withdraw its plans to introduce minimum unit pricing for alcohol (MUP).
Duncan Selbie Video Public Health England
News
Link to a video on the role and functions of Public Health England
Carbon bubble will plunge the world into another financial crisis
News
The world could be heading for a major economic crisis as stock markets inflate an investment bubble in fossil fuels to the tune of trillions of dollars, according to leading economists.
Council’s Community Meals Pick up First Food for Life Award in the UK
News
South Lanarkshire Council are the first catering service in the UK to achieve the Food for Life Catering Mark for their community meals service.
N2PH public health thinking
News
N2PH public health thinking - The public health network in the North West of England have produced a video to tell this story. Using Three Horizon thinking, we can begin to understand the context of our work better and use innovation both to “keep the lights on” during this turbulent transition to a different world and to nurture the Third Horizon – an Equal Society, valuing everyone’s contribution, with multiple currencies in circulation, not just money. This is a massive culture shift, like oak trees, has to start small. Now the public health network in the North West of England have produced a video to tell this story. Using Three Horizon thinking, we can begin to understand the context of our work better and use innovation both to “keep the lights on” during this turbulent transition to a different world and to nurture the Third Horizon – an Equal Society, valuing everyone’s contribution, with multiple currencies in circulation, not just money. This is a massive culture shift, like oak trees, has to start small.
This paper is concerned with the contribution that project, plan and policy appraisal can make to effective decision-making when shaping a built environment that needs to respond to the demands of local voices and also concerns for global sustainability and for population well-being. It argues that effectiveness depends on appraisal processes being both rational, based on sound science, and also inclusive, involving stakeholders and implementers. A particular problem in both respects is the widespread reliance of decision makers on methods that use weighting.
October edition of Housing with Care Matters, the newsletter from the Housing Learning and Improvement Network (LIN).
Health Impact Assesment in Practice
News
Welcome to Health Impact Assessment in Practice - the eLearning Course
No smoking in Chichester play parks please
News
SIGNS are being put up in play parks asking visitors not to smoke where children are playing.
Department of Health consultation on local authority health scrutiny
News
Proposals to update local accountability have been put forward as part of a consultation launched today on regulations governing local authority health scrutiny.
New Deal for health promotion call to world congress
News
EuroHealthNet Director Clive Needle has called for a “New Deal for Health Promotion for Europe by 2020”.
Sustainable Ventures in Public Health
News
The economic benefits of green infrastructure in the North West of England - Supporting and promoting investment in green space is likely to have a range of far-reaching benefits for the local economy and public health.
Wales What a Great Place to Age - Supporting Wales and Europe to meet the challenge
News
Since 2003, Welsh policy has recognised the challenge and opportunities of demographic change and is well placed on several fronts with numerous successes to date.
Mapping Resilience in Brighton & Hove
News
Reports of the Director of Public Health usually focus on local needs and seek to identify areas where these are not being met. The Brighton & Hove Annual Report of the Director of Public Health 2010 takes a quite different approach and focusses on community resilience, looking in detail at the public health vulnerabilities and assets that exist within Brighton & Hove, and suggesting how the assets might be employed to address some of the vulnerabilities.
'Preparing for an ageing society: is the built environment fit for the future?
News
The seminar was held as a contribution to the European Year of Active Ageing and to mark World Health Day’s theme of Ageing and Health (on April 7th).
Shaping Cities for Health: Complexity and the Planning of Urban Environments in the 21st Century
News
Launched in London, UK, May 30, 2012 Collaboration between The Lancet and University College London, UK, has resulted in the second UCL Lancet Commission report, Shaping Cities for Health.
Commission calls for city planners to consider health issues
News
BMJ 2012; 344 doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3784 (Published 30 May 2012) Cite this as: BMJ 2012;344:e3784 Jacqui Wise, London
HPH - The International Network of Health Promoting Hospitals & Health Services
News
The International Network of Health Promoting Hospitals & Health Services is a "network of networks". In total, it consists of 38 National / Regional HPH Networks, collaborating to reorient health care towards active promotion of health.
UK Healthy Cities Network Annual Briefing 2011-12
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Welcome to the UK Healthy Cities Network Annual Briefing 2011-12.
Health Inequalities Magazine - Trends and Innovation in Health and Social Care
News
Health Equalities is a twice-yearly magazine which focuses on tackling health inequalities.
Click on green dots to find out more about cities
Manchester
Colin Cox
Public Health Consultant
Public Health Manchester
c.cox@manchester.gov.uk
Nottingham
Sharan Jones
Health and Wellbeing Manager
Nottingham City Council
sharan.jones@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
Bristol
Stephen Hewitt
Healthy Urban Team
Bristol City Council/NHS Bristol
stephen.hewitt@bristol.gov.uk
Glasgow
Russell Jones
Public Health Programme Manager
Glasgow Centre for Population Health
russell.jones@glasgow.gov.uk
Sheffield
Natalie Pugh
Sheffield First Health & Wellbeing Partnership
Healthy Cities Partnership Team
natalie.pugh@sheffield.gov.uk
Brighton and Hove
Annie Alexander
Public Health Programme Manager
NHS Brighton and Hove
annie.alexander@brighton-hove.gov.uk
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Liverpool
John Lucy
Associate Director of Public Health
Liverpool
john.lucy@liverpool.gov.uk
Stoke-on-Trent
Judy Kurth
Healthy Cities Project Coordinator
Stoke City Council
judy.kurth@stoke.gov.uk
Cardiff
Susan Toner
Principal Health Promotion Specialist
Public Health Wales
susan.toner@wales.nhs.uk
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Sunderland
Nicola Morrow
Healthy Cities Officer
Sunderland City Council
nicola.morrow@sunderland.gov.uk
Carlisle
Keith Gerrard
Assistant Director Community Engagement
Carlisle City Council
keithg@carlisle.gov.uk
Newcastle
Helen Wilding
Coordinator
Newcastle Wellbeing and Health Partnership
helen.wilding@newcastle.gov.uk
Swansea
Nina Williams
Local Public Health Director
Public Health Wales
nina.williams@wales.nhs.uk
Portsmouth
Rimple Poonia
Senior Manager, Health Improvement & Development Service
Portsmouth City Council
rimple.poonia@portsmouthcc.gov.uk
East Staffordshire
Sal Khan,
Head of Service Commissioning,
East Staffordshire Borough Council,
The Maltsters,Wetmore Road,
Burton upon Trent,
DE14 1LS
Warrington
Simon Kenton
Assistant Director, Integrated Commissioning
Warrington Clinical Commissioning Group /
Warrington Borough Council
skenton@warrington.gov.uk
Norwich
Mr Jonathon Fagge
Deputy Chief Officer / Director of Operations & Clinical Transformation
Norwich CCG Office
jonathon.fagge@nhs.net
Sandwell
Paul Southon
Public Health Development Manager
Sandwell MBC
Sandwell Council House (PO Box 2374)
Freeth Street
Oldbury
B69 3DE
Chorley
Simon Clark
Head of Health Environment and Neighbourhoods
Chorley Borough Council
01257 515732
Cumbria
Jane Muller
Associate Director of Public Health
Cumbria County Council
The Courts
Carlisle
CA3 8NA
E Mail jane.muller@cumbria.gov.uk
Lancashire
Gulab Singh MBE
Adult Services and Public Health
Lancashire County Council
Wakefield
Elizabeth Blenkinsop
Service manager Public Health , Health Improvement Team
Wakefiled Metropolitan District Council
eblenkinsop@wakefield.gov.uk
