Health Intelligence
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Driving improvements in quality relies on high quality, timely data. Y&H Public Health Observatory (YHPHO) is an NHS organisation providing high-quality health intelligence to improve planning and decision-making in the NHS, local and regional government sectors.
Health Intelligence Yorkshire and the Humber – ‘HIYAH’
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The fourteen PCTs in the region have agreed to support a step change in the capacity of the health intelligence function at regional and local level. YHPHO is co-ordinating this work on their behalf. A HIYAH Commissioning Board and a PCT Health Intelligence Leads Group have been established to oversee this work. An initial set of project briefs have been agreed including the development of a regional training programme for health intelligence analysts.
A number of YHPHO and HIYAH workstreams have been developed to support the recommendations made in Healthy Ambitions. Examples of the support the PHO plan to offer for the delivery of each clinical pathway include:
Staying Healthy
- Gathering of cost-effectiveness evidence relating to healthy weight, alcohol and smoking cessation as part of the development of the National Public Health Library
- Analysing the National Child Measurement Programme data, providing data on the weight and measurement of children in Reception (4-5 years) and Year 6 (aged 10-11 years) to assess overweight and obesity level
- Populating the key indicators within the alcohol performance tracking process led by NHS Yorkshire and Humber/Regional Public Health Group, Government Office
- Developing the use of geo-demographic data to support social marketing
- Providing a learning network for practitioners working to support their local population to improve their mental health, be more physically active and to eat more healthily.
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