South West Glasgow

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• South West Glasgow
• THEME
• Health

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18,000 (15 ) older people live in the area
Population 116,000
1300 Asylum Seekers
4.5 BME Community
21,500 (18) are children
52,800 people work in the area and there are over
2,800 workplaces
Areas of deprivation and relative affluence, over
half the population are living in worst 15 data
zones
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New Community Profile

• 70 indicators are included covering a range of
  health outcomes (e.g. life expectancy, mortality,
  hospitalisation) and health determinants (e.g.
  smoking levels, breastfeeding, income,
  employment, crime, education).
• Indicators lie within the following themes
• Population demographics Mortality
• Drugs, alcohol and smoking Hospitalisation and
  injury
• Mental health and function Social work
• Prosperity/Poverty Education
• Crime Housing and transport
• Child and maternal health

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• Health indicators are presented for the overall
  community but also for smaller areas within
  each CH(C)P
• In Glasgow City, these smaller areas are
  neighbourhood localities
• There are 55 neighbourhood areas (as defined
  for Housing Forums) within Glasgow City, ranging
  in population size from 1,400 to 19,500.
• South West Glasgow Neighbourhoods

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Some basic health facts for the area

• A boy born today in South West Glasgow might live
  on average for 70 years .. nearly 4 years less
  than the Scottish average
• 148 people died of drug related causes in the
  last 10 years.. the rate of drug deaths is
  double the Scottish average
• Over 1,600 people a year are admitted overnight
  to hospital for conditions attributable to
  alcohol, 335 people died of alcohol related
  causes in the last 5 years (more than double the
  Scottish average)
• Over 12,000 people (10 of the population) are
  being prescribed drugs for anxiety, depression or
  psychosis

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Local Children

• There are 9,000 primary school children and over
  7,000 secondary school children
• Children in workless households 90 above norm
• Over 2200 young people Not in employment,
  Education or Training (NEET), 30 above the city
  average
• Almost 6 in every 10 primary 1 school children
  have dental decay, higher than the Glasgow
  average
• 1 in every 10 children in contact with Social
  Work
• Looked After Accommodated 232 (3rd)
• Looked After at Home 389 (2nd)
• Child Protection Register 55 (2nd)
• 29 of women smoke during pregnancy, 34 of the
  population

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A Call to debate A call to Action

• Things are getting better
• Health inequalities are growing
• Our least healthy communities are unlike our
  health communities in every way
• Obesity needs to be taken serious
• Alcohol problems are growing
• Sustainability

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Workless
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Obesity
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Obesity
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Inequalities
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Male life expectancy
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Female life expectancy
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Our least healthy communities are unlike are
healthy communities in every way

• 13 UK cities (popgt275,000)from PhD by James
  Reid, Glasgow University

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Edinburgh
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Manchester
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Liverpool
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Glasgow
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Alcohol is an increasing problem

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Strategic Health Partnership

• Tackling the increasing obesity problem
• Tackling alcohol misuse
• Tackling drug problems including the causes and
  consequences
• Improved planning to respond to changing
  population and environment
• Support for local residents to ensure lasting
  healthy lifestyles with a focus on children and
  young people
• Address health barriers to employment
• Provide support to address mental health issues
• Foster change in identified health inequality
  hotspots