Let us know what you think we should focus on to improve health and wellbeing in the county - Monday 31 October to Sunday 18 December 2022 This consultation is closed.
Herefordshire’s Health and Wellbeing Board is producing a Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy. It identifies priorities for local action to improve the health and wellbeing of Herefordshire residents.
We asked for your views
There are 12 priorities for action to improve health and wellbeing in the county. We asked for your views on what is most important to you.
The questionnaire gave a brief summary of the background for each of the 12 priorities. Read the background to the consultation below.
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Why your views matter
Whether you live, work, receive care, or represent an interested group or organisation in the county, we want to know your views on these proposed priorities and which are most important to you. This will help make sure we are focusing on the right issues as we develop the strategy.
Consultation deadline
The consultation ran from Monday 31 October to Sunday 18 December 2022.
Background to the consultation
While the population of Herefordshire experience good health and wellbeing overall, we know that this is not shared by everyone. As people live longer with more complex health conditions, combined with the impact of Covid-19 and ongoing financial challenges, we must find new ways of helping people live healthy lives.
Herefordshire’s Health and Wellbeing Board has a duty to work together to improve the health and wellbeing of all our residents. As part of this, it is required to produce a Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy that identifies priorities for local action.
Our vision is that ‘Everyone in Herefordshire leads a happy and healthy fulfilling life’.
To achieve this vision, we have identified four goals:
- Healthy people - people are supported to be in control of their health and make healthy choices
- Opportunity for all - opportunities exist for everyone through fair employment for all, education and social mobility
- Thriving communities - people live in communities that foster wellbeing and resilience
- Healthy and sustainable places - people can live and work in sustainable, safe and healthy environments
The Health and Wellbeing Board has already met with a range of professionals as well as our community partners.
We’ve looked at the data together to help identify where we think we can make the biggest difference to meet our goals and improve health and wellbeing in the county. These are the 12 priorities you will see set out in the questionnaire.
How we will use your feedback
The results of the consultation will be built into the final Health and Wellbeing Strategy’s priorities, which will be formally agreed by the Health and Wellbeing Board in spring 2023. We will also publish the findings from the consultation and explain how we have used your feedback to shape the final strategy.
The information you provide will be kept confidential and used only for the purposes of this consultation. For more information see our consultation privacy statement.
Further information
If you have questions about the consultation or require an alternative format or a printed copy please email HWBS@herefordshire.gov.uk