1. Planning for Health in Worcestershire
Marta Dziudzi
Principal Planner
Worcestershire County Council
Marta Dziudzi – principal planner at Worcestershire County Council
2 year secondment within the Public health Team at Worcestershire County Council – role to bring planning and health closer together in Worcestershire
South Worcestershire planning for health supplementary planning document
Process before we arrived at the South Worcestershire Document
Put in the wider context

2. Worcestershire context
Rural county
Two tier administrative system:
Worcestershire County Council
6 district councils
Context:
Rural county but some urban areas such as Worcester city
That sort of issues – outflux of young people
Attractive for elderly (retirement) but also number of deprivations areas.
Two tier administrative systems:
Worcestershire county council:
Public health role – directorate of public health
Limited planning role and working on crossboundary matters
6 district councils – most of the planning roles – where and how we should plan for developments
Worcester City/ Malvern Hills/Wychavon working together on planning matters since the joint document

3. Why plan for health in Worcestershire?
Worcestershire population generally healthy
but
Lifestyle-related ill health
Obesity
Alcohol consumption
Smoking
Mental health
Health inequalities
Ageing population
Why did we start to talk about the Worcestershire:
Some numbers

4. People living with dementia in Worcestershire
A higher proportion dementia diagnoses than the national average Over 3,500 on dementia register but 8,600 estimated Dementia more common in older people, with the proportion of older people in Worcestershire set to grow
A higher proportion of adults (7.8%) are diagnosed with dementia than the national average (5.8%) – only 40% of cases diagnosed
In Worcestershire there are 3,657 people on the dementia register. This is equivalent to 1 in 160 people in the county.
The numbers of people with dementia are expected to rise by almost one third between 2012 and 2021
Dementia is more common in older people. Worcestershire has a higher proportion of people aged 65 or over than the national average and the number of people in this age group is going to grow.
South worcestershire – attractive countryside attract more elderly people – higher scale of the issue

5. Healthy built and natural environment

6. Dementia-friendly Worcestershire
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Dementia-friendly Worcestershire

7. Dementia-friendly Worcestershire
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Dementia-friendly Worcestershire

8. Dementia-friendly Worcestershire
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Dementia-friendly Worcestershire

9. Public Health England’s ‘Healthy Places, Healthy People’ (2013)
National Planning Policy Framework (2012)
Worcestershire Health & Wellbeing Board
Worcestershire County Council’s Strategic Planning & Public Health collaboration
Health Improvement Practitioner role introduced
County-wide planning and health collaboration (County and District)
Worcestershire ‘Planning for Health’ research paper and workshops
Health Impact Assessments
District & County planning policy and guidance
Healthy ageing and dementia-friendly environments

10. Promoting dementia and age-friendly environments
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Promoting dementia and age-friendly environments
Awareness raising:
Age-friendly environments note
Training for officers and councillors
Healthy ageing and place making event
Policy and guidance development:
‘Planning for Health in South Worcestershire’ Supplementary Planning Document
Wyre Forest Local Plan Review – health and wellbeing/healthy ageing/dementia policies
Prospective Supplementary Planning Documents for Redditch and Bromsgrove councils

11. Health Impact Assessments (HIA)
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Health Impact Assessments (HIA)
A tool to predict the positive and negative health consequences if a proposal (development) is implemented, with recommendations to enhance benefits and reduce negative effects.
Recommended by the Planning Practice Guidance as “a useful tool to use where there are expected to be significant impacts”.
Undertaken by applicants and submitted to the Local Planning Authority, who are advised by Public Health
HIAs in Planning Toolkit, promotion and pilots.

12. HIAs in practice Who will live there? Surrounding population?
Facilities: what and where?
Nearest bus stop?
Is green space provided?
Is it age/dementia-friendly?
Is the layout appropriate?
Can residents move around safely and efficiently?
Look at the development from the health point of view and identify how the site design can be improved.
The challenge to make it work for everyone- can plan only for people for dementia so need to be quite innovative
Are homes adaptable?
Signage? Surfacing?

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‘Planning for Health in South Worcestershire’ Supplementary Planning Document