A healthy and supportive community
Vision
Our aim is to support residents to live healthier, more
independent lives and reduce the risk of harm and neglect to
vulnerable children and adults.
Challenges and opportunities
Health outcomes are complex and are determined by a number of
factors. We know that the high levels of deprivation in the borough
contribute to health inequalities, as does personal behaviour and a
lack of access to treatment and services. Housing, employment,
diet, the physical environment and crime all contribute to our
health and wellbeing.
To make Tower Hamlets a healthy and supportive community, the
Partnership will focus on achieving the following objectives:
- Objective 1: Preventing people from dying prematurely
- Objective 2: Helping people to live healthier lives
- Objective 3: Enabling people to live independently,
particularly those with mental health problems
- Objective 4: Keeping vulnerable and high risk children, adults
and families safer and minimising harm and neglect
- Objective 5: Providing excellent primary and community
care
In order to achieve our commitments to One Tower
Hamlets we will:
- Tackle public health inequalities including obesity, smoking,
substance misuse and teenage pregnancy
- Improve access to health and supportive services for all our
communities
- Support carers to care safely and improve their health and
wellbeing
Strategies that will contribute to this theme:
- Improving Health and Wellbeing Strategy
- Tower Hamlets Alcohol Strategy
- Multi-agency Obesity Strategy
- Transforming Adult Social Care Programme
- Carers Strategy
- Supporting People Strategy
- Family Wellbeing Model
- Dementia Strategy