EuroHealthNet. The European Partnership for Health Equity and Wellbeing Our Mission • Reducing Health Inequalities • Improve health - determinants of health Our Approach • Life course • Determinants of health • Sustainable Development Goals Where next? • Engagement EU policy • Funding • Integrating equity Opportunities for engagement • New Commissioner Portfolio and New • AIM: to have the Green Paper on Ageing prevention of • EPSCO conclusions and decade of Healthy frailty on EU & Ageing MS political agenda’s and • European Semester cycle in 2020 continue • Input to Action Plan on European Pillar cooperation Social Rights • Take forward SDGs 3 Opportunities for Engagement • Steering Group on Promotion and Prevention – continued funding for ADVANTAGE best actions • AIM: to maintain frailty high on EU & • Provide recommendations to ESF+ MS political programme committee and health agenda’s and working group continue cooperation • Make use of European Structural Support Services (25 billion) to reform long term care – MS applications every October 4 Funding Regional Development and Cohesion Policy • Policy Objective 4: A More Social Europe delivering on • Multiannual the European Pillar of Social Rights Financial European Social Fund Plus (101.2 billion) Framework 2021- 2027 – What is in • ESF +, including EU Health Programme and at least 25% there to fund will be allocated to fostering social inclusion further action on InvestEU – 4th policy window on social measures and preventing inequality frailty? HorizonEurope – taking forward SDGs and 5 mission areas Digital health? – beware of digital divide and health literacy among frail people 5 Financing Health Promoting Services An information guide Social Impact Investing Reduction in loneliness, Worcestershire, UK • Social Impact Costs £330,000 each year to support up to 430 Bonds older people (c. £750-800 per participant) • Social Investors provided £650,000 in up-front capital - Outcomes £565,000 as debt and £85,000 as equity. Contracting The first two years were loss making. As impact has grown the service is now able to pay returns • Payment by Results Expected to deliver more than £3 million worth of savings to the public sector over 15 years 7 An equity perspective • Inequalities in HLY at 65 between countries An equity perspective • Inequalities in HLY at 65 between countries • Gender differences: gender gap in life expectancy vs HLY at 65 • Compound effects of vulnerability on Frailty THANK YOU Contact us Alexandra Latham [email protected] @EuroHealthNet Follow us EuroHealthNet is supported by the European Commission, through the EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI 2014-2020) Semester cycle.