Southend Localities Needs Profile
Southend Localities Needs Profile: West Central Authors Sally Watkins, Senior Public Health Intelligence Analyst October 2017 1 Acknowledgements The authors of this report wish to thank the following people who have contributed to this report: Andrea Bann, NHS Southend CCG Chris Campos, NHS Southend CCG DACTeam, Southend Borough Council Gemma Robinson, Community Safety Officer, Southend Borough Council Lee Watson, Health Improvement Practitioner Advanced, Southend-on-Sea Borough Council Luke Wood, Business Intelligence Officer, Department for people, Southend Borough Council Pearl Ray, Health Checks Co-Ordinator, Southend-on-Sea Borough Council Samantha Reed, Adaptations Officer, Southend-on-Sea Borough Council Simon Ford, Senior Public Health Manager (Sexual Health), Southend-on-Sea Borough Council Tim Winters, Head of Public Health Information, Public Heath, Norfolk County Council Tony Mardle, Stop Smoking Service Manager, Southend Borough Council With special thanks to Thurrock Council Public Health Information Team 2 Contents Acknowledgements 2 1. INTRODUCTION 7 2. BACKGROUND 8 PART 1: WHAT ARE THE NEEDS OF OUR POPULATION? 9 3. DEMOGRAPHY 9 3.1 Age and sex distribution of the current population 9 3.2 Ethnicity 10 3.3 Fertility Rate 11 3.4 Pensioners living alone 12 3.5 Care Homes 13 3.6 Population projections 14 3.7 How can the new Primary Care Centre help? 15 4. WIDER DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH 16 4.1 Deprivation 16 4.1.1 How does deprivation impact on health? 16 4.1.2 Deprivation in West Central Locality 17 4.2 Housing 17 4.2.1 How
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