Annual Public Health Report
The Director of Public Health has a statutory duty to produce an annual public health report looking at the health of the community in which they work. These reports are aimed at the general public as well as councillors and health professionals and are a key opportunity to engage the community and health professionals with key issues affecting the local area. Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council have a joint Director of Public Health, Dr Liz Robin, and a report is produced for each area.
Cambridgeshire
The Cambridgeshire Annual Public Health Report 2018 focusses on two topics where new information is available. For the first time, the national Health Profile for England (2018) includes a chapter about Health and Early Years and Section 2 of this report reviews similar information for Cambridgeshire about the health and development of children aged under five.
Peterborough
The Peterborough Annual Public Health Report, 2017 is in three sections. The first section focusses on the social and environmental factors affecting our health and wellbeing. Section two looks at the main lifestyle behaviours which impact on health and wellbeing. And section three focusses on trends in health outcomes and health service use.
Previous reports
Cambridgeshire
The Cambridgeshire Annual Public Health Report, 2017 concentrates on the wider social and environmental factors affecting our health and wellbeing, and key lifestyle and health behaviours.
The Cambridgeshire Annual Public Health Report 2015/16 looked at health issues at a local level, providing a series of ‘health maps’ of the county broken down into individual electoral wards. It also provides brief case studies of what can be done at community level to support healthy lifestyles and wellbeing.
The Cambridgeshire Annual Public Health Report 2014/15 looked at changes and trends in public health outcomes over recent years. Understanding which outcomes are improving and which are deteriorating helps to identify emerging problems and target resources to address them.
Annual Public Annual Health report 2013-2014
Peterborough
Previous reports for Peterborough can be found at: https://www.peterborough.gov.uk/healthcare/public-health/annual-public-health-report/