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The Health and Wellbeing Board brings local stakeholders together to improve the health and wellbeing of people in Rutland.

Local health and care organisations have worked with the public to produce a new health and wellbeing strategy for 2022-2027.

The aim of Rutland's strategy is safe, healthy and caring communities where people start well and thrive together through their life.

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The strategy consists of seven priorities covering the whole life course. This highlights the reference number of the strategy, what it is we want to achieve, how we are going to achieve it and a RAG rating which indicates progress:

  • red – off track
  • amber – off track but mitigations in place to recover
  • green – on track
  • grey – not started
  • blue – complete

Click on each priority to view the action plan:

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1. Best start for life

Ref. What do we want to achieve? How are we going to do it? Timeframe for delivery
(Month/Year)		 Oct 2023
Project RAG status
1.1 Healthy child development in the 1,001 critical days (conception to 2 years old)     Green
1.1.1  

Clear 'Start for Life' offer for parents. The Family Hub programmes will be critical to bring activity together and ensuring an integrated offer across the 0 to 19 (25) years pathway. Information sharing agreements to be agreed.

Watch - Family Hub programme receiving oversight from the Rutland CYP Partnership.

 2022-24 Green
1.1.2  

Healthy lifestyle information and advice for pregnant women or those planning to conceive, including:

  1. implementation of MECC+ healthy conversations across prevention services
  2. targeted communication campaigns
  3. increase awareness of postnatal depression and social isolation through midwifery and 0-10 children's public health service
  4. immunisations in pregnancy (flu/covid)
  5. ensuring women are also reached who have chosen to give birth out of area

Link to:

  • 2.1.1 communications
  • 2.2.3 healthy conversations
  • 7.1.1 perinatal mental health support
 2022-23 Green
1.1.3  

Local implementation of the Maternity Transformation Programme considering:

  • improving quality and safety for mother and babies
  • improving quality of pathway
  • implementing neonatal critical care review, improving access to perinatal health services

Link to above actions. LLR LMS Transformation Funding

 2023-24 Green
1.1.4  

Implementation of 0-19 Healthy Child Programme, to support Rutland's Family Hub Programme. Including:

  • 0-10 year mandated child development checks (including 3-4 month and 3.5 year checks)
  • a digital offer
  • evidence-based interventions for children (antenatal, breastfeeding, dental care and peer support for developing active, resilient children
  • awareness around shaking and head trauma (ICON)
  • safeguarding

Consideration of accessibility of related health health services, including dental. Specific consideration for military population.11 plus Public Health Teen Health contract and Offer for young people in Rutland.

 From Sept 2022 Green
1.1.5  

Further investigation into:

  • high proportion of low birth weights at term in Rutland
  • children and young people’s dental care in Rutland, including dental education and access to services
 2022-23 Grey
1.2 Confident families and young people     Green
1.2.1  

Implementation of 0-19 Healthy Child Programme, 11-19year element, which supports the Rutland Family Hub programme - including:

  • face to face offer for families
  • a digital offer
  • health promotion campaigns including via schools
  • health behaviours survey
  • safeguarding
  • evidence-based interventions for healthy, active resilient children and young people who are able to transition effectively into adulthood

Specific work on transitions for children with LD (up to the age of 25 years.)

Integrated offer that include a whole family approach, (fathers/grandparents), and is supported by local and voluntary groups and communities.

  • 1.4 for vaccinations
  • 2.1 communication campaigns
  • 4.4.1 digital inclusion
  • 7.1.3 children and young people’s mental health needs
 From Sept 2022 Green
1.2.2   Targeted, coordinated support for Rutland's most disadvantaged or vulnerable children, representative of Rutland's demographic, to access their Early Years and Inclusion Offer and provision. Reduce the impact of adverse childhood experiences on children and their families by embedding a ‘trauma informed approach’ to the workforce. Integrated Early Help, SEND, Health and Social Care offer. 2022-23 Green
1.3 Access to health services     Green
1.3.1   Increase health checks for SEND children aged14 years and over ensuring that status is built into the education and health provision set in a child’s education and health care plan. Funding RCC - DSG HNF, CHC CCG. 2022-23 Green
1.3.2   Increase immunisation take-up for children and young people where this is low, including identifying sub-groups where take-up is lower and understanding why. 2022-23 Green
1.3.3  

Coordinated services for children and young people with long term conditions (LTCs) and SEND. Long term condition support for children and young people with asthma, diabetes and obesity including access to appropriate medication, care planning and information to self-manage their conditions, and to relevant support services. To include learning from the Leicester City CYP asthma review and take-up of Tier 3 weight management services.

  • 3.2 integrated care for LTCs
  • 7.1 integrated neighbourhood team development ND Pathway programme, and key worker programme.

To explore early planning for ASD/ADHD families between GP and schools.

 2022-24 Green

2. Staying healthy and independent: prevention

Download the "Staying healthy and independent action plan"

3. Living well with long term conditions and healthy ageing

Download the "Living well with long term conditions and healthy ageing action plan"

4. Making access to health services fair for all Rutland residents

Download the "Making access to health services fair for all Rutland residents action plan"

5. Preparing for population growth and change

Download the "Preparing for population growth and change action plan"

6. Making sure people are well supported in the last phase of their lives

Download the "Making sure people are well supported in the last phase of their lives action plan"

7. Cross-cutting themes - supporting good mental health, reducing health inequalities, COVID-19 recovery and readiness

Download the Cross-cutting themes - supporting good mental health, reducing health inequalities, COVID-19 recovery and readiness action plan

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The Health and Wellbeing Board publish annual reports about how the aims and priorities of the strategy are progressing.

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