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Public Health Team Third Edition Public Health in action January 2019 Back to the Future In his sixth Director of Public Health Full and summary copies of Back annual report, Lincoln looks back to the Future and the engagement at progress made since 2013 when report can be downloaded responsibility for public health from http://nypartnerships. transferred into the local authority. org.uk/dphreport2018 When preparing the report, feedback was gathered from a range of stakeholders about public health priorities for the future and these have informed the content of the report and recommendations. The report is structured in three main sections: A look back from 2013 What do the data tell us? What do partners and the public consider our future public health priorities? Dr Lincoln Sargeant also looks forward to 2025 and makes recommendations around continuing to reduce health inequalities, improving public mental health and embedding a public health approach into everyone’s practice. INSIDE North Yorkshire County Council Public Health Team Newsletter January 2019 Start Well North Yorkshire self-harm pathway for children and young people Claire Robinson, Health Improvement Manager and November and December allowing feedback to be Emma Lonsdale, Commissioning Manager, have been gained on the pathway and to hear from services leading the work to review the current North Yorkshire supporting children and young people who self- self-harm pathway for children and young people. harm and parents whose child has self-harmed. Claire and Emma have been working with colleagues All five events have been oversubscribed and and parents to redesign the pathway. As a result feedback has been overwhelming. All the feedback they have developed an online pathway and guide has been collated and will inform the final version aimed at helping schools, the children’s workforce, of the self-harm pathway due to be launched online parents and carers to provide support to children in January 2019. For more information please and young people who are self-harming. County contact Claire Robison, Health Improvement wide engagement events have been held throughout Manager [email protected] New partnerships focusing on Michelle, the cook from Barkston This work focusing on school meals is part of a much healthy eating in schools Ash Primary School, said: broader approach to promoting healthy weight among children and young people across North Yorkshire. During 2018 the Public In addition, the County Catering team have “The trial is going down very Health team started received feedback from a number of parents well and the children enjoy The Healthy Weight, Healthy working with a range across the county expressing concern about the it. Some have a small piece Lives strategy for North of partners to high sugar content of school meal desserts. Yorkshire covers a range look at improving of fruit and a little yoghurt, of issues such as getting The main focus of the partnership group so far has healthy eating in others had either but they look children physically active and been on working to reduce sugar in school meals. The schools and pre- promoting healthy eating, and County Catering team have been looking at pudding forward to Wednesdays.” school settings. this focus on improving school recipes and have implemented the following changes: A new NYCC meals plays an important Suzanne, the cook from the Federation of partnership group Sugar content has been reduced by part in this overall strategy. has been formed at least 10% in all desserts. Snape & Thornton Watlass, said: called the ‘Healthy Very high sugar desserts have been taken “I have been pleasantly Next steps for the Healthy Catering in Schools Catering in Schools Group’ off the regular menus (but will still feature surprised with the outcome Group will be to look at offering the Healthier and includes representation from Public Health, on promotions and celebrations menus). Choices for a Healthier You (healthy catering) the County Catering team, Trading Standards - the children enjoy the fruit award to secondary schools, and to look at On 2 out of the 5 days, the dessert option and the Healthy Choices weight management healthy eating in early years settings. will be flavoured yoghurt and fresh fruit, and yoghurt and look forward service for children and young people. instead of a high sugar pudding. to it. Rolling it out to 2 days For more information please contact This work has come about in response to the growing Before rolling these changes out to all schools, a week in January is a step Helen Ingle, Health Improvement Manager concerns around children’s health, particularly the high they were piloted in several schools across North in the right direction.” [email protected] levels of overweight, obesity and poor oral health. Yorkshire with some very positive feedback. 2 3 North Yorkshire County Council Public Health Team Newsletter January 2019 The Responsible Retailer award/voluntary ban on supplying energy drinks to under 16’s Live Well Adult Weight Management Service The close of 2018 marked the end physical activity offer and is There have been many of the first full year of delivery of available for residents in North successful journeys for the Adult Weight Management Yorkshire or are registered with a clients that have progressed service for 5 of the 6 Providers GP practice in North Yorkshire or through the programme. across North Yorkshire (Selby are working for an organisation commenced delivery in July 2017). based in North Yorkshire who: Below highlights the achievements of one particular client in The Service provides weekly Are aged 18 and over the Ryedale district and the weigh-ins, structured nutritional With a BMI over 25 impact his weight loss has advice and a free facilitated The Trading Standards Responsible had on his life already. Retailer scheme is a proactive approach to recognising independent retailers who are compliant with legal and social obligations associated Kane is more confident to 24 Week to the supply of age restricted prolong his weight loss journey after Assessment products. The concept began in the in the future North Yorkshire Alcohol strategy Kane continues to find however when Richmondshire motivation by Impact Kane Johnson attending Community Safety Group associated survey of local children, finding The Responsible Retailer award is group sessions children’s energy drink consumption that the majority of young people free to local retailers and intends on: weekly Kane has changed as a person. He Profile to attention deficits in school drank energy drinks regularly: Improving staff training on has grown in confidence which is Kane was referred on to the weight Kane furthers his continuing to help with his weight and antisocial behaviour in the 73% of responders said age verification processes exercise through management service by his GP community. The award scope purchasing a loss. The weight loss also now means they bought energy drinks Ensuring compliance with because of his rapidly increasing stationary exercise that exercise is much easier for him widened to include any age restricted bike from the local shop the Tobacco Directive and weight. When he first attended Kane which in turn means that he can be product including alcohol, tobacco was quite active already but was more active in general, contributing 53% said they bought the Licensing Act 2003 and high caffeine energy drinks. lacking motivation in terms of Kane's physical Kane to further weight loss. He is much it for themselves and Whilst addressing wider legal nutrition and exercise planning. His activity levels continues to brighter and happier and extremely bad habits included fizzy drinks and increase by using lose weight 34% stated their parents compliance (proxy sales, confident moving forward that he On 31st October 2018, the takeaways. Kane was generally pretty NHSworkout and is will continue his weight loss journey. bought it on their behalf. plans age restricted sales, illicit active to begin with through dog feeling really Responsible Retailer scheme was positive officially launched alongside the tobacco supply) and raising walking. Since coming into the group Armed with the Colburn Youth Group awareness of social issues. service his activity levels increased Results introduction of a voluntary ban on immensely through the NHS workout Kane begins to Initial Assessment the supply of energy drinks to under survey results and testimonies from To date the project has been plans, investing in a stationary bike, take on board Kane looks at Weight: 172kg local partners, Trading Standards and exercising through resistance and what the advisors 16’s in Colburn, Richmondshire. very well received by the Colburn are saying and wiping out BMI: 50.8 punch bag training. looses weight takeaways and were able to show local independent community and moving forward continuously fizzy drinks Waist: 150+cm To get to this point and to justify retailers that participation in the intention is to continue to 12 Week Assessmen t Weight: 148.3kg the inclusion of energy drinks in the Responsible Retailer award START support the current participants Kane begins BMI: 43.8 the award, Trading Standards had and the voluntary ban of sales Kane was first group whilst introducing the initiative into referred onto Kane felt Waist: 140cm session sought to quantify consumption of energy drinks to under 16’s other areas of North Yorkshire. For the weight focused and 24 Week Assessmen t management determined Kane takes part in Weight: 128.6 levels and qualify perceptions around was justifiable and necessary. more information please contact service after his initial the group exercise assessment and feels even more BMI: 37.6 energy drinks in under 16’s. They David Miller, Divisional Trading determined Waist: 119cm Prior to launch three local retailers Kane attended have achieved this by engaging with Standards Officer Jonathon.