KENT AND MEDWAY PUBLIC HEALTH OBSERVATORY Natasha Roberts Head of Health Intelligence

Setting the scene 2

Setting the Scene

Making sense of the emerging landscape KMPHO KMCSDMICLAT District Councils NCBPHECCGsKCCHSCIC 4

What do we do?  Surveillance  Monitoring and evaluation  Annual Public Health Report  Joint Strategic Needs Assessment / Needs Assessment  Health Equity Audit  Profiling  Library Services / Critical appraisal  Training

Opportunities  Opportunity to take stock What we do and why? Is it still relevant? Can we do it better?  Instil an ethos of information and data sharing  Data linkage 6

Opportunities - continued  Develop relationships/ Understanding of social care and other LA functions An integrated approach to information management Wider determinants of health  Transport  Education  Employment  Housing 7

Challenges  Safe transition  Ensuring that we have access to the data at the right level at the right time Data sharing Information governance  Understanding who our customers are and what they require 8

Challenges - continued  Data linkage IG Data sharing Data warehousing  Health to local government Organisational culture Political [member] influence Ensuring evidence based practice 9

The approach  KM IG transition group Information Assets Safe Haven arrangements Data sharing protocols Contracts IT and N3