New Government Office Set to Tackle Nation’s Health

The Department of Health and Social Care has unveiled plans for a new Office for Health Promotion which will lead the national effort into improving the state of the nation’s health by tackling obesity, promoting physical activity and improving mental health.

Sitting within the Department of Health and Social Care, The Office for Health Promotion will spearhead work across government departments to both promote health and prevent illnesses; in a bid to build on the work carried out by Public Health England whilst providing more joined-up and sustained work between national and local government agencies.

With a significant proportion of health outcomes (around 80%) being related to preventable risks to health such as smoking, diet and exercise; the new Office will be modelling itself to similar successful methods seen internationally such as those based in Singapore; whose Health Promotion Board has pioneered new digital public health schemes.

Important factors such as nutrition, mental health across the generations, physical activity, sexual health as well as alcohol and tobacco consumption will all be on the agenda, with many health vulnerabilities being highlighted during the pandemic.

With ill health in those of working age costing the economy around £100 billion per year, it is hoped that by focusing on prevention support, the Office will help reduce pressures on both NHS and social care, but also other public health services.

Prime Minister, Boris Johnson said in a recent press release, ‘The new Office for Health Promotion will be crucial in tackling the causes, not just the symptoms, of poor health and improving prevention of illness and disease.  Covid-19 has demonstrated the importance of physical health in our ability to tackle such illnesses, and we must continue to help people to lead health lives so that we can all better prevent and fight illnesses’.

 

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Carrie Plummer - Editor & Content Manager


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