You Decide! Health
Building on the success of You Decide! in 2009 the
Tower Hamlets Partnership is working with NHS Tower Hamlets to
deliver an opportunity for residents to influence some health
services in their local area.
We call this 'You Decide!' Health.
Each year NHS Tower Hamlets health have to make decisions about
which services should be provided in a local area and who should
provide those services.
One of these services is the health trainers programme. This
provides a number of projects, classes and schemes designed to
improve the health of local residents with a specific focus on:
An
opportunity to really influence public health services in your
area.
- Healthy Eating
- Exercise
- Smoking cessation
- Reducing the harmful effects of alcohol
These services are provided by local community groups, the sort
of people who are most likely to be aware of what porojects and
support local people need.
This year NHS Tower Hamlets wants your help to decide how these
services should be provided and who should provide them.
In public meetings at the end of September we will be beginning
this process and invite residents from across the Borough to come
and get invovled.
We held our first series of events between the 26th September
and the 8th October. The results of these events will now be used
to influence the first round of the commissioning process. Next we
plan to involve residents in questioning the different service
providers as to how they plan to meet the expectations laid down at
these events.
A full report from these events is available
here:
To find out more or to register please
call 020 7364 4572 or e-mail youdecide@towerhamlets.gov.uk