Table 1: Main points from the consultation feedback, the Health & Wellbeing Boards views & proposed action You said The HWB We did VISION We support your vision but think it needs to Agreed living healthier lives is really Change the vision to reflect that the vision – – encourage healthier lives. important & is key to our focus on preventing has been amended to include healthier lives. ill health & problems. the part about living longer not ‘Take out – in poor health much help if we’re I suggest the vision should be to live healthier longer etc.’ Should we identify those people who need We have a legal duty to reduce health We have changed the language to identify help most or should we apply the Strategy inequalities & we are determined to do that in areas of greatest need. equally? Nottinghamshire. resources allocation in ‘Prioritising delivery – areas of greatest health inequality would be We know that we can only do that by helpful focussing on those people who most need Not sure I like the final clause regarding support. communities with the poorest health as it could be viewed as negative I wonder if in communities with ‘especially the poorest should be replaced with in health’ all communities?’ The vision needs equal recognition of We agree. During the consultation events We have changed the vision to include an physical & mental health. we heard suggestions that including aspiration for people to have happier, ‘happier’ & mental health go hand in hand. would make that connection within the vision. healthier lives & will maintain our interest in ‘Physical Attention need to be paid to BOTH in order to physical & mental health. be well.’ APPROACH The approach is good but it could be clearer. We would like our Strategy to be clear, We have reworded the approach to make the need to use understood & accessible to everyone in language more accessible. ‘You plain speaking’ is Nottinghamshire. ‘Language unclear’ be plain ‘Could englished’
Table 1: Main points from the consultation feedback, the Health & Wellbeing Boards views & proposed action You said The HWB We did VISION We support your vision but think it needs to encourage healthier lives. ‘Take out the part about living longer – not much help if we’re in poor health I suggest the vision should be to live healthier longer etc.’ Agreed – living healthier lives is really important & is key to our focus on preventing ill health & problems. Change the vision to reflect that – the vision has been amended to include healthier lives. Should we identify those people who need help most or should we apply the Strategy equally? ‘Prioritising delivery – resources allocation in areas of greatest health inequality would be helpful Not sure I like the final clause regarding communities with the poorest health as it could be viewed as negative I wonder if ‘especially in communities with the poorest health’ should be replaced with in all communities?’ We have a legal duty to reduce health inequalities & we are determined to do that in Nottinghamshire. We know that we can only do that by focussing on those people who most need support. We have changed the language to identify areas of greatest need. The vision needs equal recognition of physical & mental health. ‘Physical & mental health go hand in hand. Attention need to be paid to BOTH in order to be well.’ We agree. During the consultation events we heard suggestions that including ‘happier’ would make that connection within the vision. We have changed the vision to include an aspiration for people to have happier, healthier lives & will maintain our interest in physical & mental health. APPROACH The approach is good but it could be clearer. ‘You need to use plain speaking’ ‘Language is unclear’ ‘Could be plain englished’ We would like our Strategy to be clear, understood & accessible to everyone in Nottinghamshire. We have reworded the approach to make the language more accessible.
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