Health chiefs failing to meet key targets
A SCRUTINY panel will meet this week to discuss how the area can improve on the health of North Lincolnshire residents.
NHS North Lincolnshire has released figures which shows the region is behind in a number of key health areas.
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A report has shown NHS North Lincolnshire is not meeting targets to reduce the number of smokers
This includes: not meeting targets to reduce the number of smokers, increase the number of mothers who breast feed and boost adult participation in sport and engagement in arts.
Cllr Trevor Barker, chair of the healthier communities and older people scrutiny panel said:"At the committee meeting on Tuesday we'll be looking at the first quarter results and will discuss how we can move them forward.
"Healthy living and well-being is an important issue for every single resident in North Lincolnshire. And working with our partners we are committed to reducing health inequalities in the area."
North Lincolnshire Council's Healthier Communities and Older People Scrutiny Panel has invited the deputy director of public health, at NHS North Lincolnshire, Wendy Brownbridge to give a presentation to council officials this week.
A spokeswoman for NHS North Lincolnshire said:"Improving the health and wellbeing of people in North Lincolnshire is the trust's key focus and something we are working very hard at.
"Wendy will also be demonstrating to the panel some of the steps and action plans the trust has already implemented to further improve performance in all key areas."
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2 Comments
by Stuart Crounger, Goxhill
Wednesday, November 04 2009, 3:12PM
“Twos on that.”
by Helen, UK
Monday, November 02 2009, 11:50PM
“You may find that less nannying, less denormalisation, less prohibition techniques actually work. It has done in most other places.
Since the bans and denormalisation of smoking came in, the reduction in people smoking has reversed.
Everyone was talking about more exercise and losing weight, but then we had the big government push - no-one gives a hoot anymore.
If you lay off with the heavy-handed techniques, you'll be surprised how many actually take notice and CHOOSE to adopt a more healthy lifestyle.
Most adults with a brain refuse to be lectured to by big state interference. They prefer to make their own minds up and usually do in the right way. We were all doing this nicely until the do-gooders and zealots took over the reigns that NuLab gladly passed to them.
As an example - too much water can kill. Anyone will tell you that. We need water to survive though, don't we?
Lets start educating about moderation and the benefits of it instead of we must do this and we mustn't do that.
Moderation has always been the key to a healthy life and just leave politics, propaganda and brainwashing out of the health of our citizens”