Partner Update - Public Health
Argyll and Bute Council · 5 November 2024
Back to Bute and Cowal Area Community Planning Group — 5 November 2024 and its agenda
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1 Argyll & Bute Community Planning Partnership Area Community Planning Group Partnership update Date: October 2024 Partner update – Public Health The Public Health team are in the process of completing their annual report, detailing the work of the team over 2022-2023. Further information on this will be available from the Living Well website in due course - Living Well (ablivingwell.org). Smoking Cessation Stoptober campaign launches in Highland, Argyll and Bute | NHS Highland (scot.nhs.uk) The Stop Smoking team (Smoking Cessation Advisers) support people across Argyll and Bute to quit smoking, and during the month of October have been promoting the Stoptober Campaign by raising awareness of the service. Stoptober is an annual campaign to encourage smokers to quit in October. This was an opportunity to raise awareness of the Smoking Cessation service, how people can access the service, and how health and social care professionals can refer people to the service. Research shows people are up to five times more likely to quit for good if they manage to go smoke-free for 28 days. People who wish to give up smoking or vaping can receive 12-week support and medication with specialist trained Smoking Cessation Advisers. Referrals or self-referral can be made to the Smoking Cessation Team via the details below: • Stop Smoking Service: nhsh.absmokefreeservices@nhs.scot • Quit Your Way freephone: 0800 848484 • Further information can also be found at: Smoke Free Highland | For a smoke free life (scot.nhs.uk) Screening The Public Health team continue to work to increase awareness of the five adult screening programmes available in Scotland: abdominal aortic aneurysm, bowel, breast, cervical and diabetic eye screening. This work, led by a Health Improvement Officer, will include: • Visiting community groups and 3rd sector partners to deliver training and raise awareness of screening programmes.
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2 • Working with community groups to identify specific screening learning needs. e.g. promoting screening information in languages other than English. • Promoting the new Turas Screening Training module developed in NHS Highland which is available to anyone in Scotland supporting screening. The module can be accessed via the link below: NHS Scotland National Screening Programmes | Turas | Learn. • To set up a Turas account, visit Turas | Sign up (b2clogin.com). Living Well Networks (LWNs) The Living Well Networks provide an opportunity for people and partners interested in Health Improvement and healthy communities to come together, network, and share information. In 2024, all the Living Well Networks held community events to allow partners, local and national organisations, Third Sector etc. to come together to showcase their services and provide information about the support they offer to communities. The events were well attended with valuable connections established. The final event was held in Tiree in August, with fifteen mainland-based Living Well Network partners providing information stalls. A good community attendance saw people keen to find out about support that is available for them, their relatives, friends and neighbours. Argyll and Bute Health & Social Care Partnership - Living Well Grants Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership HSCP has launched Year Five of the Living Well Grants, aimed at Third Sector Organisations and community groups supporting the Living Well Strategy. This year, the grants are focused on improving health and wellbeing in rural island communities by connecting people to community activities. The application process opened on 16th September and closes 25th October. Grants of up to £4,000 are available. Further information is available here: www.ablivingwell.org/living-well-funding Health Intelligence The Argyll and Bute Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) will be published in November. The JSNA is a systematic approach to assess health and social care needs in the population based on available data. The requirement for the HSCP to consider the needs of the population and service-users is embedded with the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014. It is an essential foundation to inform commissioning and service planning and provides an evidence base for the next Joint Strategic Plan and Joint Strategic Commissioning Plan. The Public Health Intelligence team, as part of the PH team, produced the JSNA together with a short life working group were tasked with scoping out relevant data sources and collecting the relevant context to this data from colleagues throughout the HSCP.
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3 Living Well The Public Health team continue to support the Living Well Strategy aims of prevention, and self-management of health and wellbeing. Working with communities is one aspect of this work. Working effectively with communities and local people helps to ensure actions are relevant and more likely to make a difference. Partners working on Living Well in Argyll and Bute recognise the potential of having consistent approaches to working with our communities. The power of local people and the voices of communities will strengthen action on bigger challenges like health, climate and the economy. The Art of Hosting method gives us tried and tested ways of working with our communities. The recent successful Art of Hosting pilot in June 2024 enthused partners working on challenging agendas. In the future, Locality-based Art of Hosting workshops will be organised by the Community Champions who have attended the Art of Hosting training sessions. These champions will take the lead in engaging their communities and hosting workshops tailored to local needs. Alcohol and Drugs Partnership (ADP) Prevention and Early Intervention Alcohol Screening and Brief Interventions (ABIs) are effective and evidence- based early intervention for those individuals who are drinking at hazardous and harmful levels. Training dates to learn how to deliver Alcohol Brief Interventions have been released and bookable on Turas https://turasdashboard.nes.nhs.scot/ Planet Youth continues to grow and build momentum across the five areas in Argyll and Bute: Lochgilphead, Dunoon, Oban, Rothesay and Tobermory. Recent focus has been on building five strong coalition groups and raising the profile of Planet Youth by engaging with local communities, attending parent events, reaching out to stakeholders, hosting community fayres, organising overview, distributing leaflets and more. Across the five areas, there are approximately 100 coalition members. The next step will focus on action planning and making positive changes to increase protective factors and reduce risk factors to help children and young people make better, healthier and safer choices. Drama Productions The ‘I Love You, Mum - I Promise I Won't Die’ Drama Production is taking place in October in Helensburgh (22.10.2024) and Oban (24.10.2024). This verbatim play tells the true story of 16-year-old Daniel Spargo-Mabbs, who tragically died after taking drugs on a night out. It is told through the words of Daniel's family and friends to help other young people learn and make safer choices. These performances are being piloted with community members in Argyll and Bute. Almost all of the 95 tickets have been booked. Feedback will be evaluated and collated into a report.
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4 The ‘You Are Not Alone’ drama production was performed in schools during September to S2 and S3 pupils across Argyll and Bute. This annual health programme comprises of three vignettes about different key public health topics relevant to young people. The overall messages portrayed are how to prevent negative situations and access services/ organisations that can support young people. All schools have resources to support the production and highlight the different supports available. An evaluation will be produced. We have 236 responses to date. A full report will be collated in November 2024. Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs (SFAD) have been carrying out their commissioned work in Argyll and Bute to support implementation of Whole Family Approach. The high-level goal of this work is to grow a model of family support that is connected and effective, utilises community assets, sustains, strengthens and upskills communities to create a cohesive and effective Whole Family Approach. Following on from the engagement events in Inveraray, a full day conference and two design events were held in September. Around 40 people including service providers including advocacy, employability, recovery, substance use services and families attended the conference which to learn about the whole family approach, participate in facilitated discussions, and network with guest speakers including Justina Murray, Chief Executive Officer, SFAD, Melanie McPherson CEO of My Support Day and Neil Hunter, Principal Reporter/Chief Executive, Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration and Chair of the National Whole Family Approach Implementation Group for Scottish Government. For more information about support for families and how to get involved please contact debra@sfad.org.uk. Recovery Orientated Systems of Care (ROSC) Community Learning and Development, the Scottish Recovery Consortium and With You continue to support developments in the recovery community in Argyll and Bute. An agreement has been established with Lomond and Argyll Advocacy Service to provide specific advocacy support to people affected by alcohol and drugs extending their presence in Argyll and Bute. Collaborative work with the Argyll and Bute Alcohol and Drug Partnership Support Team, We Are With You and Campbeltown Picture House led to the screening of the film 'The Outrun' together with popcorn and mocktails on 29th September. This very thought provoking and moving film tells the story of Rona, a young woman, her problems with alcohol and return to home in the Orkney Islands. The event was a huge success with the cinema fully booked. Alcohol and Drug Partnership Strategy and Needs Assessment A Consultant supporting the ADP with their strategy development has been engaging stakeholders to hear their priorities and how the work of the ADP can also contribute to partners strategic plans.
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5 The ADP support team is working on developing a Health Needs Assessment for the ADP. Once the questions are finalised, we would like to engage with a wide range of community members to hear their thoughts and views. Alcohol and Drug Partnership Annual Report Please find a copy of our 2023 to 2024 Annual Report here: argyllandbuteadp.info/img/adp_annual_report_2023-24_final_for_circulation.pdf. REPORT AUTHOR AND CONTACT Author Names: Angela Coll, Health Improvement Senior and Laura Stephenson, Alcohol and Drug Partnership Coordinator. Email: nhsh.abhealthimprovement@nhs.scot