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Public health consultation
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The coalition government has carried out a major consultation about changing the way public health is delivered in England from 2013. The main proposals are to create a new national service called Public Health England and transfer responsibility at local level to councils. Find out more here
Working towards a brighter future
Although it has always been the job of the NHS to treat patients who are already ill, more and more primary care trusts are focusing their efforts on preventing problems developing in the first place.
Nationally, the Department of Health is responsible for protecting and improving our health, which includes everything from immunisation programmes to patient safety and preparing for a flu pandemic.
Public Health North East - which is accountable to the Department - has an overall responsibility to persuade other regional organisations to put health at the heart of what they do so everyone in the north east benefits in the long term.
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We face major public health challenges in the north east which need to be tackled as a matter of urgency. Although we might not see the fruits of our labour for a number of years, a lot of good work is going on to help us achieve our goals.
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The north east's first ever vision for health and wellbeing - Better Health, Fairer Health - was launched in 2008. This ambitious plan aims to transform the region into the healthiest in England within a generation.
