Health and Well-being Policy Resources

Change Fund Application Glasgow 3 March 2011
The Change Fund is a £70m initiative from the Scottish Government to reshape care for the elderly. To access the fund each local authority in Scotland had to prepare a plan outlining how they would approach this reshaping, in partnership with the public, private and third sectors. In March 2011 Glasgow's Change Plan was agreed by the following partners:

• Greater Glasgow and Clyde NHS Board
• Glasgow City Council
• Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector (on behalf of the Glasgow Third Sector Interface)
• Scottish Care
  

Long-term Monitoring of Health Inequalities - Headline Indicators - October 2010
This publication is an update of headline indicators from the long term monitoring of health inequalities report, last published in September 2009. 

Refreshing The National Strategy and Action Plan to Prevent Suicide in Scotland: Report of the National Suicide Prevention Working Group

The Scottish Primary Care Collaborative Summary
SPCC was launched in April 2003 to improve patient's access to a healthcare professional and to improve the outcomes for people with diabetes.The Collaborative programme aimed to develop skills and knowledge within General Practice to deliver rapid, sustainable and systematic quality improvements in the care provided to patients.

Scotland's National Dementia Strategy

Go Well
Glasgow Health and Well-being Research and Learning Programme
Go Well is a research initiative investigating whether improved housing and neighbourhoods have had a positive impact on health and wellbeing in Glasgow. Of high importance are the enduring health inequalities in Glasgow, where your postcode is often an indicator of your life expectancy.

Delivering Quality in Primary Care Action Plan: Implementing the Healthcare Quality Strategy for NHS Scotland – August 2010.
This publication, from NHS Scotland, sets out the action plan for implementation of the Healthcare Quality Strategy for Scotland.

Scottish Public Health Observatory
The collaboration, led by ISD Scotland and NHS Health Scotland, work together closely to ensure the public health community has easy access to clear and relevant information and statistics to support decision making.

Glasgow Centre for Population Health
The Glasgow Centre for Population Health is a research and development centre. It works across the boundaries of research, policy, implementation and community life to shape a healthier future for Scotland.

Equally Well - The Report of the Ministerial Task Force on Health Inequalities
Equally Well, the report of the Ministerial Task Force on Health Inequalities was launched by Ms Shona Robison MSP, Minister for Public Health on 19 June 2008.

This was followed by the Equally Well Implementation Plan which was launched on 11 December 2008.

The background to Equally Well and the Equally Well Implementation Plan can be found at the Scottish Government website.

Mental Health Foundation report - In the face of Fear
In the Face of Fear, published for Mental Health Action Week 2009, discusses how fear and anxiety affect our health and society, and what we can do about it.

Inequalities in premature mortality in Britain: observational study from 1921 to 2007
Research conducted by Sheffield and Bristol Universities indicating that health inequalities between the richest and poorest areas of Britain have been steadily rising throughout the first decade of the 21^st Century