Public Health Wales – Health and Wellbeing Check for Over 50s
Health and Wellbeing Check for Over 50s: Programme Status Report
Completed by:
Margie Fielden
Date Completed:
Current status
Trend since last
report
Reporting period:
19/06/2013
06/06/2013
To:
Next Board meeting:
19/06/2013
11/07/2013
Headlines:
NWIS demonstrated the build to date of the Health and Wellbeing Check for Over 50s
to the Chief Medical Officer on 12th June 2013
A workshop took place on 18th June affording an opportunity for colleagues from the
10 Communities First clusters who will commence the phased implementation from
October 2013, local Public Health teams and Age Cymru to contribute toward
development of the Health and Wellbeing Check for Over 50s and undertake some
local planning activity
Key Achievements/Updates
Next Period to 04/07/2013
Content and IT
 The build to date has been demonstrated to the
Chief Medical Officer
 Information for users emphasising the benefits
of registering with the service and providing an
email address if possible has been positioned
at the start of the self-assessment
Content and IT
 The NWIS development team will continue to progress as
planned building the IT functionality whilst being kept
abreast of developments in respect of naming and
branding, which will be required to be incorporated into
the product
 In Phase 1, users will be able to access their personalised
feedback based on their self-assessment answers as a
print-out / download or take action such as following links
provided in order to access further information, resources
or services. Plans for further functionality to be introduced
in subsequent phases are already emerging as a result of
the opportunities being recognised for future integration
with other initiatives. The development of these plans will
be considered by the Programme Board on 11th July.
 Preparations for the Content Assurance Group meeting
on 10th July to review and prioritise content compiled to
date will be finalised.Invitations have been extended to
colleagues including those with Primary Care and Older
Peoples expertise to contribute to the role of the Content
Assurance Group, who will quality assure, prioritise and
maintain the content of the H&W Check for Over 50s on
an ongoing basis.
Co-Production, Communication and Marketing
 The H&W Check for Over 50s was presented
and discussed with Directors of Public Health
on 11th June. Local Public Health teams will
form a vital link supporting access to the H&W
Check for Over 50s and supporting access to
local services.
 The Communications and Marketing lead is
developing a strategy and plans for
communications and marketing of the H&W
Check for Over 50s including specific plans for
communications activity targeting those turning
50 during 2014. This will be presented to the
Programme Board on 11th July 2013.
 Work to achieve branding and a name which is
engaging and clearly Welsh, whilst not overtly
referencing an age range, WG or Public Health
Wales, is being progressed as a priority.
Community support to facilitate access
 The workshop for colleagues from the 10
Communities First clusters who will commence
the phased implementation from October 2013,
local Public Health teams and Age Cymru took
place on 18th June in Builth Wells. The
programme followed on the day appears on
page 2.
 The 48 colleagues who attended made full use
of the opportunity to find out about and
contribute toward development of the Health
and Wellbeing Check for Over 50s and
undertake local planning activity.
09/02/2016
Co-Production, Communication and Marketing
 User engagement to finalise branding and naming of the
Health and Wellbeing Check for Over 50s as well as flow
through the system will be addressed as a priority.
 Specific engagement with local Public Health teams will
continue to be actively pursued to discuss and explore the
opportunities and challenges the Health and Wellbeing
Check for Over 50s represents. .
Community support to facilitate access
 Age Cymru will be commencing training of Healthy
Ageing Volunteers during July.
 The 10 Communities First clusters who will commence
the phased implementation from October will continue
planning in partnership with local Public Health teams,
local government and Age Cymru.
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Public Health Wales – Health and Wellbeing Check for Over 50s
Slippage and remedial action
Issues or concerns
The absence of a budget for Evaluation of the Health and
Wellbeing Check for Over 50s has been recorded as a
substantial risk
Planning Workshop for the Roll Out of the
‘Health and Wellbeing Check for Over 50s’ in Communities First Clusters
Item
Lead
Su Mably
Programme Director, Public Health Wales
1
Welcome
2
Programme Background and
Context
3
‘The Why, What, How and
When of the Health and
Wellbeing Check for Over
50s’
Cathy Weatherup
Health Improvement Division, Welsh Government
Su Mably
Programme Director, Public Health Wales and
Margie Fielden
Programme Manager, Public Health Wales
4
The role of Communities First
in the initiative
Mandy Jones
Communities Division, Welsh Government
5
Making it work in your cluster
– Introduction to round table
discussions and planning
Mandy Jones
Communities Division, Welsh Government and
Megan Evans
Communities First Training Coordinator, Wales Council
for Voluntary Action
6
Round Table discussions and
planning in cluster areas
Megan Evans
Communities First Training Coordinator, Wales Council
for Voluntary Action
7
The Health and Wellbeing
Check for Over 50s –
feedback and additional
considerations
8
Next Steps and Timescales
09/02/2016
Su Mably
Programme Director, Public Health Wales and
Margie Fielden
Programme Manager, Public Health Wales
Su Mably
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