The North East will have the highest quality services to support individuals (along with their families and carers) in their choices as they approach death. By a good death we mean one which is free of pain, with family and friends nearby, with dignity and in the place of one’s choosing

- Our Vision, Our Future

We will establish a regional Office for the Safe Consumption of Alcohol to coordinate social marketing, lobbying and collective action in relation to alcohol for the North East.

This is a subgroup of the regional advisory group for obesity, diet and physical activity, to support the evaluation of regional bariatric prescribing and surgery.

PHINE has created the Breastfeeding and Weaning online working group to facilitate collaborative working on the range of issues of breastfeeding and weaning for the North East.

A discussion group for information analysts from PCTs and PHOs to co-ordianate the analysis and reporting of cancer information and data.

Tackling cardiovascular disease is key to achieving improvements in life expectancy. Policies for both population level lifestyle changes and interventions to minimise individual risks are important. This group looks at the options available and how to realise the potential effects on mortality.

Chief Knowledge Officers

Society, medical care and the reasonable expectations of children and families are all changing. Fewer children develop severe life threatening illnesses, but when they do there is far more that can be done to restore full health, providing they receive the best care in the best place with fully trained paediatric staff. At the same time more families are seeking medical help for an acutely ill child who will probably not need hospital admission. These changes together with the European Working Time Directive mean that during the next ten years, while local hospitals will continue to care for sick children, there will inevitably be a reduction in the number of units that admit acutely ill children.

Public health professionals make a significant contribution to commissioning, particularly in the interpretation of evidence and the preparation of specifications for preventive, diagnostic, treatment and care services. This group is for those involved with the process.

This group is for people interested in information to support Mental Health commissioners

The North East will be the safest and best place to be born and to experience early life.

The Regional Advisory Group for economy, culture and environment will be the Health Forum itself, augmented by specific task groups appointed to examine specific thematic areas. This group will also play a role in synthesis and oversight of all health and well-being themes, and will maintain an overview of action on inequalities and fairness.

### Priorities: * Promote the north east Good Death Charter. * Identify resources to support individuals at end of life. * Effective use of palliative care registers in supporting personalised care planning. * Develop access to 24/7 support for those with end of life needs, ensuring that patient choice and wishes are respected.

This groups has been established to support the growing number of individuals managing groups on the PHINE platform. In this group you will keep you up-to-date with new developments, store guidance notes and provide a support portal for your questions using the discussion function.

This group is to share info on health and lifestyles

This group is to support the healthy weight, healthy communities train the trainers group in the roll out of the Understanding childhood obesity programme.

This group is to support the healthy weight, healthy schools train the trainers group in the roll out of the Understanding childhood obesity programme.

Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) provide information on inpatients and day cases in NHS hospitals in England from 1989.

We're creating a minimum dataset that all Primary Care Trusts and Local Authorities can draw local data from to inform their Joint Strategic Needs Assessments.

Please use this site to help your work. Please add any queries or discussion you feel are relevant. Don't be shy! Please add any links and upload any relevant documents in the resources section.

The North East will be the safest, healthiest and happiest place to grow old.

### Priorities: * Focus early improvements in services for diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and chronic kidney disease. * Looking at providing care for patients with long term conditions in the community. * Establish accurate and detailed methods of measuring effectiveness of clinical care.

Maternity and Newborn Services in the North East are influenced by the social and public health issues of the population. Obesity, smoking and teenage pregnancy rates are high, and the breast feeding rates are amongst the lowest in the country. Substance misuse continues to increase with one area reporting the fourth highest number of people in treatment in England.

The North East will achieve the best possible balance of life and work. Public policy decisions will be designed to achieve maximum benefit to the health and well-being of the population.

The Mental Health working group

### Priorities * Improve access to mental health care. * Develop a waiting times performance framework. * Review of dementia services. * Establish a region-wide approach to reducing harm. * Develop standard practice and use of anti-psychotic drugs. * Improve links with non-health organisations providing services and support to people with mental health needs.

We will establish a Regional Advisory Group for Mental Health, Happiness and Well-being.

The North East working group for the National Child Measurement Programme.

This group has been set up, for members of the NETS (VMPS) Coalition Programme Board and members of the Sub-Programme Work Groups. This group is for sharing information, discussions and decision-making relating to the VMPS Programmes of Work.

This group was established following a networking meeting on the 22/10/09, to provide a forum to network, share best practice and resources across the region.

To provide a coordinated approach to the delivery of national and regional targets for breastfeeding, with the emphasis on reducing inequalities. To link in to the obesity agenda and help support the public health objectives.

To provide a strategic and coordinated approach to the delivery of national and regional targets for breastfeeding, with the emphasis on reducing inequalities. To link in to the obesity agenda and help support the public health objectives.

North East NHS Workplace Health Operational Network

This group has been established to provide a forum for networking and sharing resources amongst the North East School Travel Advisors and wider stakeholders.

This group has been set up with a view to supporting individuals working on NETS activities (Vision, Compact & Method) within their organisations and across the region. In this group you will find links to a community of support and resources around lean methods, compact development, transformational change.

A forum to share best practice and discussions during the North East implementation of the UNICEF Higher Education Institution Accreditation

A discussion group for information analysts from PCTs and PHOs to co-ordianate the analysis and reporting of obestiy related data.

The North East will curtail its increase in average body mass index and increase the proportion of people whose weight is within safe limits, eradicating the differential between social groups. The North East population will be the most physically active in the country, both in its activities of daily living and in its recreational choices. The support available for individuals to alter their activity levels will be clearly and fairly defined and will be provided according to individual need.

Use this area to discuss alcohol public health issues and the alcohol profiles which have recently been produced by the PHINE network.

For work and discussion relating to the PHINE website developments

### Priorities: * Endoscopy – reduce potential complications and improve access times. * Provide a more community focussed approach to dermatology services. * Hospital and community-based services for musculoskeletal care to be aligned. * Maximise suitability of referrals under the two week cancer rule. * Would earlier access to consultant-level advice reduce the number of un-necessary referrals?

This is a group for people who like population statistics

WCC Competency 6 advocates prioritising investment according to local needs, service requirements and the values of the NHS. Expertise in 'Predictive modelling skills and insights' is one of the ways this can be achieved.

The North East will have the best preventive services. These and treatment services will be distributed fairly and geared to reducing inequalities in health and well-being. Individuals will receive the information and help needed to recognise health problems and act as early as possible.

This group was set up for the Rapid Process Improvement Workshop at Public Health North East. Those who took part in the RPIW can use this group to share work and collaborate on the developments agreed.

The purposes of this group is to provide support and guidance to users of SHAPE. It is also a place for users to comment on improvements they would find useful. These comments and suggestions will be monitored by the development team and inform the future strategic direction of SHAPE.

The PHINE working group on tobacco and smoking issues.

This group has been developed to help support the use of the Standard Evaluation Framework for Weight Management Interventions across the North East. This group was established in response to requests received at the first SEF training session held on the 14th July 09 by NEPAF.

This group has been developed to provide a focus for information, discussion, and sharing of innovative and effective approaches for the development of organisational resilience and surge management.

The Regional Advisory Group for Tobacco Control will be the Steering Group of FRESH: Smokefree North East.

This group has been created to support individuals participating in the Virginia Mason Production System Certified Workshop Leaders Programme. There are several resources including: * Training Materials (the VMPS Training Modules and supporting information). * RPIW standard work and templates to support you in your improvement activities * Discussion forum to facilitate the continuous improvement of the materials. * Calendar with dates for Training Days and RPIWs.

This groups is for those concerned with excess winter deaths and the right to warmth. Please join this group to register your interest in the issue be it from a research or practitioner perspective.