Staying Healthy
What did we say in Healthy Ambitions?*
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The Staying Healthy Clinical Pathway Group recognised that the 3 biggest threats to health over the next decade in our region are:
- Alcohol abuse
- Rising levels of obesity
- Smoking
They recommended that:
- Alcohol: There should be improved screening and identification of people with alcohol problems, who should be offered tiered support services; and we should use NHS influence to reduce the availability of cheap alcohol
- Obesity: Every PCT should commission local weight management services. PCTs should work together to commission bariatric surgery where this is the best treatment for morbidly obese people. There should be programmes of local work with partners on food policy and skills for adults and to improve opportunities for active leisure.
- Tobacco: Commission free nicotine replacement therapy; and systematically use every NHS opportunity to encourage and support giving up smoking
- A shift in the focus for investment from treatment to prevention.
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