Building Healthier Communities
Building Healthier Communities
Good health is essential for quality of life and healthy people are more independent and live longer. Although the majority of people in Solihull enjoy good health, there are still challenges. The five Healthier Communities priorities in our Sustainable Community Strategy are to:
- Reduce health inequalities.
- Improve people’s emotional well-being and support people with mental health needs.
- Increase the proportion of people making healthy lifestyle choices, particularly on diet, exercise, smoking and alcohol.
- Enable older people and those with disabilities to live with dignity and independence.
- Support carers.
See our Sustainable Community Strategy for fuller details of the needs analysis underpinning these priorities and the specific measures and targets by which we will measure improvement.
The relevant strategies, policies and action plans supporting this outcome and its priorities include:
- Sustainable Community Strategy
- Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
- Healthier Communities Strategy
- Health Inequalities in Solihull: Strategic Framework 2005-2010
- Mental Health Strategy 2005-2010
- The Future is Ours Older People’s Strategy for Solihull 2006-2013
- All Our Tomorrows - Solihull's Strategic Commissioning Statement for Extra Care Housing and Care Home Accommodation for Older People 2005-2010
- Supporting People Strategy 2004/05-2008/09
- Enabled Not Disabled – Joint Strategy on Meeting the Needs of People with Physical and Sensory Disabilities 2004-2009
- Solihull Partnership Learning Disability Strategy 2006-2013
- Caring Together – A Strategy for Meeting the Needs of Carers in Solihull 2004-2009
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