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Projecting Adult and Older People Populations and Needs

Two websites have been developed and supported by the Department of Health Care Services Efficiency Delivery (CSED) Programme, with the Institute of Public Care, Oxford Brookes University, with the aim of giving easy access to forecasts of the numbers, charactersitics and needs of adults and older people by locality.

  • PANSI - (Projecting Adult Needs and Service Information) - provides information on the population aged 18 to 64
  • POPPI - (Projecting Older People Population Information System) - provides information on the population aged 65 and over

These sites are designed to bring together relevant information for council planners and commissioners of adult social care, and to provide a consistent starting point for examining the needs of adults and older people within the JSNA framework. They use forecasts based on the 2001 Census and current trends and therefore do not predict "expected" outcomes. Registration is required to view the information.

Active Health report

Active Health is a programme that enables and encourages healthcare professionals including GPs to refer patients to leisure and physical activity services as part of their healthcare.  Referrals include Phase IV Cardiac Rehabilitation, Strength and Balance and Exercise After Stroke as well as general referrals.

A total of 77 GP surgeries (97%), are now signed up to the new Active Health referral guidelines.  In addition there has been further development on access for other medical departments to enable them to refer directly via the online tool.

Between 1st February 2012 and 31st January 2013, Active Health received 1,671 on-line referrals and a further 374 paper referrals. 

An annual report has been produced summarising the scheme’s first year (February 2012 to January 2013) and analyses the referrals to the scheme. 

View the report here:

The End of Life Care Profiles have been produced by the South West Public Health Observatory on behalf of the National End of Life Care Intelligence Network (NEoLCIN). They present over 40 end of life care indicators relating to population, deaths, place of death, cause of death, care homes, and end of life care spend. Profiles are available for PCTs and Local Authorities, the local authority profiles include social care indicators for the first time.

The Wiltshire profiles can be downloaded below. To view the other profiles and for further information visit the End of Life Care Profiles website and read the associated flyer.

This needs assessment has been complied by the Wiltshire Community Safety Partnership in line with National Treatment Agency guidance to assess the Adult Drug Treatment needs of Wiltshire. The assessment informs the Adult Drug Treatment Plan 2012/13, as well as the wider Joint Strategic Needs Assessment.

View the Adult Drug Treatment Needs Assessment 2012/2013 here

HMP Erlestoke Substance Misuse Needs Assessment 2012/13

This document is produced by Wiltshire Community Safety Partnership and is available to download here.

The South East Public Health Observatory (SEPHO) has updated the Cardiovascular Disease Profiles for England, the third release of these profiles.

The profiles allow comparison across regions and local areas against a number of indicators, including: prevention, incidence, mortality, and treatments.  They are available for every upper tier local authority in England, along with summary profiles for the strategic clinical networks that come into force from April 2013.  The profile data is easily accessible online via the SEPHO website, along with an interactive Atlas tool, which allows for more direct comparison between different areas.

The Wiltshire profile can be downloaded here.

Local Tobacco Control Profiles were developed by the London Health Observatory (LHO) on behalf of the Public Health Observatories in England.  These profiles provide a snapshot of the extent of tobacco use, tobacco related harm, and measures being taken to reduce this harm at a local level.  They have been designed to help local government and health services to assess the effect of tobacco use on their local populations.  They will inform commissioning and planning decisions to tackle tobacco use and improve the health of local communities.

Wiltshire profile is available below.  There is also an accompanying explanatory leaflet about the profiles.

 For further information and profiles for other areas visit the LHO website

The 2012 update to the Local Alcohol Profiles for England has been released by the North West Public Health Observatory (NWPHO) today. The profiles contain 25 alcohol-related indicators for every Local Authority and 22 for every Primary Care Trust in England. As well as local area data on alcohol-related hospital admissions and alcohol-related crime, the 2012 profiles include data on levels of abstainers in each Local Authority and the proportion of drinkers who drink at lower, increasing and higher health risk levels.  The new figures reveal every local authority is experiencing substantial ill health, anti-social behaviour and premature deaths as a result of alcohol but levels are substantially higher in the poorest communities.

The profiles for Wiltshire are available to download below.

To view profiles for other areas or other years, visit the Local Alcohol Profiles website.

The NWPHO media release is available here. 

There is strong evidence that the needs of blind and partially sighted people and the eye health of local populations must be planned for the future. This document pulls together key information, statistics and research to support Wiltshire Council, Public Health and Commissioners when planning current and future services.

The document has been produced by RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People), Wiltshire Blind Association, and Action for Blind people, on behalf of WVSAG (Wiltshire Vision Strategy Action Group) a working group made up of blind and partially sighted people and professionals from social care, health and from the third sector.

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