Healthier Communities in Nottingham

Nottingham has particular challenges due to the high levels of deprivation faced by many of its residents, which result in some of the lowest life expectancy figures in the country (73.3 for males and 79 for females) as detailed in the Public Health Report 2005.

However, through effective partnership working between Nottingham City Council (NCC), Nottingham City Primary Care Trust (PCT), Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Services, local businesses and the voluntary and community sectors, a robust strategic approach has been adopted to tackling the wider determinants of health and we are beginning to see improvements.  

In 2005, there was a 14% fall in heart disease death rates and a 12% drop in cancer death rates (equivalent to 100 fewer deaths in 2004).

Want to know more?

• The City Health Partnership is the local strategic health partnership which meets bimonthly and provides direction and impetus to take the work forward through the Healthier Communities and Older People Local Area Agreement (LAA) and Health Floor Target Action Plan
  
• The Health Inequalities facing Nottingham
  
• Nottingham City Council’s journey towards building healthier communities from 2000
  
• Learning from the Health Inequalities Shared Priority Pathfinder (HISP)
  
• Information on how Nottingham is improving health and wellbeing around
  

• Our innovative Communities for Health Campaign
  
• Workforce Health
  
• The 5 Nottingham Healthy Living Centres supporting our most vulnerable neighbourhoods
  
• The Big Wheel which makes cycling and walking around the city easier
  
• Fuel poverty is being tackled.  In partnership with Nottingham City Homes, there has been take up of 99.9% cavity wall insulation, 83.3% loft re-insulation and 24.7% solid wall insulation.
  
• Nottingham City Council is committed to ensuring that its workforce is truly representative of the communities who live within the city. In order to achieve this, the authority has formally adopted an over-arching action plan, which is known as the Local Jobs for Local People (LJ4LP) action plan.
  
• The LIFT schemes increase access and provide integrated services.
  

To contribute to these pages or for more information, please contact Sharan Jones on sharan.jones@nottinghamcity.gov.uk