Dudley Strategy for Tackling Health Inequalities 2010-15

9. KEY RECOMMENDATIONSThe recommendations below have been chosen as the high priority actions that needto be addressed by a range of partners if we are to tackle the gap in healthinequalities in Dudley. They reflect the strategic aims of the strategy and provide anindication of the timescale and outcomes that will be achieved. Theserecommendations are also reflected in a high level action plan which will beimplemented and reported against by the nominated lead agency. A high levelperformance monitoring framework has been developed to show progress againstsome of the key indicators used to measure health inequalities.The detailed delivery plans for the key priority disease areas can be found in theappendices. These have been selected for action as having the greatest impact onreducing health inequalities in Dudley and they can be found as action plans inAppendix 2 on page 219..LEADERSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP1. Strengthen leadership for health improvement and health inequalities acrossthe partnership and particularly within the Local Authority, Dudley and WalsallMental Health Partnership Trust and Acute Trust and ensure the involvementof GP Commissioning Consortia when they become established. This will beachieved through the establishment of a new Health and Wellbeing Board.GIVE EVERY CHILD THE BEST START IN LIFE2. Improve data systems across health and Dudley MBC to allow extraction ofpopulation level analyses of developmental progress of children under 5 inDudley3. Develop further the existing parenting programme databases to reportethnicity on fidelity to programmes and outcomes of interventions in eligiblegroups.4. Consider investment profile in early years, school and adolescent programmesto examine for any scope for disinvestment and re-investment in evidencebasedearly years programmes.5. Channel any resources released from other areas of child health investmentinto the introduction of a Family Health Partnership programme with definedeligibility criteria and clear means of auditing outcomes.6. Continue implementation of Dudley‟s Parenting and Family Learning Strategy,with full tracking of adherence to eligibility criteria and outcomes for formalparenting programmes.7. Develop more formal integrated working between the Dudley CommunityServices Health Visiting Service, the Dudley Group of Hospitals midwiferyservice and children‟s centres in Dudley, particularly between children‟s198