Regional Health and Well-being Strategy
The region's first ever health and well-being strategy aims to make people living here the healthiest in the country within a generation. Alongside proposals for additional work through the NHS in the first edition of Better Health, Fairer Health are calls for action across a range of areas beyond its scope.
You can download the strategy from the Government Office for the North East website:
Regional Health and Well-being Strategy
Regional Advisory Groups
The Regional Advisory Groups take forward the ten key issues and themes identified in the strategy. Each Regional Advisory Group has a chair (independent of Public Health/Strategic Health) and a theme lead (a senior member of Public Health North East). The theme lead will work closely with the chair and will support and coordinate the work of the advisory group. Theme leads will project manage the overall direction of the group, provide expert advice and ensure high-level stakeholder involvement.
There are voluntary and community sector representatives on many of the groups (details below). Members are welcome to contact representatives directly via email to raise any issues, or find out more about the group's work.
Group name | Lead organisation | VCS role | VCS contact |
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Economy, Culture and Environment Regional Advisory Group | Public Health North East / Strategic Health Authority | VCS representative (by invite) | Cynthia Games, Living Streets cynthia.games@livingstreets.org.uk
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Mental Health, Happiness and Well-being Regional Advisory Group | Public Health North East / Strategic Health Authority | VCS representative (by invite) | Brendan Hill, Mental Health Concern brendan.hill@mentalhealthconcern.org
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Tobacco Regional Advisory Group | Public Health North East / Strategic Health Authority and Fresh North East | VCS representative (by invite) | Nick Forbes, Community Action on Health
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Mature and Working Life Regional Advisory Group | Public Health North East / Strategic Health Authority | VCS representative (by invite) | Kate Welch, Acumen Enterprise Development Trust
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Later Life Regional Advisory Group | Public Health North East / Strategic Health Authority | VCS representative (by invite) | Sue Pearson, Age Concern Newcastle
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A Good Death Regional Advisory Group | Public Health North East / Strategic Health Authority | VCS representative (by invite) | Sandra Gray, Age Concern North Tyneside sandra.gray@ageconcernnorthtyne.org
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Regional Advisory Group Documents
Tobacco
Draft minutes from Tobacco Advisory Group Meeting July 09 (PDF 87 kB)
Fresh Regional Delivery Strategy (PDF 500kB)
Papers for Tobacco Advisory Group Meeting July 09 includes minutes from Apr 09 (PDF 1.2MB)
Minutes from Tobacco Advisory Group Meeting Jan 09 (PDF 104kB)
Later Life
Cover Letter 6 Feb 09 (PDF 14kB)
Agenda 6 Feb 09 (PDF 17kB)
Critical Friend document (PDF 17kB)
Membership as of 1 Jan 09 (PDF 10kB)
Outline brief for advisory Groups (PDF 27kB)
Policy for payments to advisory group members (PDF 80kB)
Role and agreed common terms of reference (PDF 17kB)
Minutes 8 Dec 08 (PDF 37kB)
A Good Death
Minutes 15 Jan 09 (PDF 37kB)