The Shaping the Future Work Programme

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The Shaping the FutureWork Programme

• Jenny Griffiths

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The story

• Health promotion matters
• It deserves the same recognition in the UK as it
  has internationally
• The report 2005
• The Collaboration 2006
• Funding UK Departments of Health
• The future

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Purpose

• Advocacy
• History, theory, evidence base, values and
  principles, ways of working
• Cost-effectiveness
• Well-designed programmes contribute to key
  national targets
• Support for the workforce

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New website www.rsph.org.uk/healthpromotion
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Communication with the workforce

• New website www.rsph.org.uk/healthpromotion
• PLEASE JOIN OUR DATABASE
• Naraujo_at_rsph.org.uk
• Annual conferences, stakeholder forums, papers
  and articles

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Advocacy - 1

• Aim to enhance both national infrastructure
  support and ownership at local level
• Leadership by the new RSPH and Collaboration
  partners
• Links with others, e.g. Association of Directors
  of Public Health

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Advocacy - 2

• Membership of Faculty of Public Health group on
  practitioner development
• And PH Workforce Programme Board
• Work closely with UK Public Health Register on
  practitioner regulation
• RSPH hosts the HP Academics Forum
• Enhanced links with International Union of Health
  Promotion and Education

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We need you!

• If we are to advocate effectively for you, we
  need you to join one of our organisations
• We are developing a proposal for an integrated
  membership package
• But in the meantime, please join RSPH, IHPE or
  (if eligible) the FPH

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Development of materials and resources

• Specialised health promotion You cant be the
  best without it!
• Framework for Ethical Health Promotion with SHEPS
  Cymru
• Discussion paper on social marketing for health
  and health promotion
• Why Theory Matters, with Prof. J. Green
• Commissioning project R. Shircore

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RSPH Health Promotion Awards

• Launched in 2008 to recognise organisational
  excellence in health promotion and community
  well-being
• First 5 Award-winners NHS N. Lancs, N.E. Essex,
  Plymouth, Rotherham, Sefton Partnership
• Express interest now in 2nd wave

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Future plans subject to funding

• Strengthen involvement of Scotland and Northern
  Ireland
• Regional networks, including theory into practice
• More advocacy
• Complete commissioning project
• Continued partnership with NSMC
• Continued involvement with practitioner
  development work UKPHR and FPH

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THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WITH WHOM I HAVE WORKED ON
SHAPING THE FUTURE FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS
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AND NOW TO THE WORKSHOPS15.40 Refreshments16.00
Workforce Devel. Plenary