Publications - Type - DsPH Annual Reports

Northumberland Care Trust Director of Public Health Annual Report 2005-2006

In the Annual Report for 2005-2006, Mike Lavender describes the importance of partnership working for the improvement of health. He uses examples of working with young people, older people, clinical networks, disease prevention and working through Local Area Agreements (LAAs) to illustrate this for 2005-2006.

Delivering Heatlh Improvement in County Durham and Darlington: Derwentside supplement

Major changes are underway in the NHS and it is vital that the focus on improving health and tackling inequalities in health is maintained during the transition period.

As the Directors of Public Health of the six current PCTs in County Durham and Darlington, we are determined that the partnership work to improve health and tackle health inequalities, developed and delivered in the last four years, is taken forward in the new organisational arrangements.

Delivering health improvement in County Durham and Darlington 2005/06

This shared annual report is a contribution to the NHS Local Delivery Plan for the County Durham and Darlington NHS "cluster". This report is based on the national priorities identified in Choosing Health, and The NHS in England: the operating framework for 2006/7, emphasising the specific needs of the population of County Durham and Darlington.