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LDF Core Strategy HIA - Screening and Scoping1 . Introduction & BackgroundRates of violent crime and statutory homelessness appear better than the England average.The Barnsley Local Area Agreement has prioritised:tackling deaths from circulatory disease in the under 75sobesity in year 6 primary school children, andteenage pregnancies.On two separate occasions over the past eighteen months Barnsley has successfully secured the supportof the Department of Health’s National Support Team (NST) to assist us in addressing health issues in theBorough (Childhood Obesity December 2008 and Reducing Health Inequalities June 2009). In both casesrecognition has been given of the progress made in addressing these issues by the Council, NHS Barnsleyand the various stakeholders. The NST have also supplied a number of recommendations which arecurrently being adopted.The progress so far recognised by the NST in relation to health from a planning and transportationperspective includes:-Strong commitment to healthy lifestyles and environments being embedded into the planning of BuildingSchools for the Future.Health improvement agenda embedded in the Town Centre Area Action Plan e.g. to improve walkability, green space.Commitment to addressing healthy weight agenda led through Planning, Transport and Health Steeringgroup.The NST recommendations include:-Encouragement from NST to explore progress made by other local authorities such as WalthamForest’s current work on limiting the number of fast food outlets e.g. Leicester’s implementation of alocal Licensing Act to restrict mobile street trading around schools; Liverpool’s work with TradingStandards to provide healthy fast food options and introduce food labelling into fast food outlets.The Challenges specific to Barnsley’s Built environment posed by NST included:-Narrowness of road infrastructure impacting on the development of cycle and walking routes.3
LDF Core Strategy HIA - Screening and Scoping2 . The Health Impact Assessment ProcessThe HIA process begins with the “Screening” of the Objectives set out in the Core Strategy and includesthe recognition of a number of key issues. This is following by a “Scoping” exercise which studies in moredetail the actual health implications of all the individual policies within the Core Strategy. The scopingdetermines which policies require a more detailed assessment of their impact on health and are thenprioritised in terms of the when further assessment should take place.The Screening and Scoping aims to pose the following questions:-Will local people’s health improve or be harmed by the Core Strategy options, objectives and polices?Can any changes be made to the Core Strategy and to forthcoming Development Plan Documents(DPD’s) which will benefit health?Will the policies help address health inequalities?Will the policies have implications for service provision?How are the trade-offs between health gain and other priorities addressed?The Core Strategy HIA Process4
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