Health in All Policies: Driving health improvement, equity and economic development

Strategic leads from across Liverpool City Council, including planning, housing, city development and public health, together with a community leader, will describe and discuss the integrated approach the city is actually taking to improving health and health equity as a foundation for economic and social development.

It will be a practical presentation that updates on the past 12 months of delivery, based on collaboration across all policies and decisions designed to improve the physical, mental, social and economic wellbeing of the population of Liverpool. At the heart of this is community and individual engagement and collaboration.

The panel will showcase local work underway on a major regeneration programme in the North of the city and set out its potential to transform lives. The ambitious programme includes plans for the building of around 10,000 new homes, major improvements to public transport and active travel infrastructure, and the creation of job opportunities. We will set out how Liverpool, as a Marmot City, is deliberately and intentionally driving a collective focus on ensuring we develop healthy, economically successful, and sustainable communities – including trusting and empowering local people, to turn around the fortunes of communities that have been held back for far too long.

Abstract

This session will focus on work that is taking place in Liverpool to improve health using a ‘health in all policies’ approach with a focus on equity and economic development. Strategic leads from across Liverpool City Council, including planning, housing, city development and public health, together with a community leader, will describe and discuss the integrated approach the city is actually taking to improving health and health equity as a foundation for economic and social development. 

Following last year’s Congress in Liverpool, the panel will update on the past 12 months of delivery in the city, based on collaboration across all policies and decisions designed to improve the physical, mental, social and economic wellbeing of the population of Liverpool. At the heart of this is community and individual engagement and collaboration. 

The panel will showcase local work underway on a major regeneration programme in the North of the city and set out its potential to transform lives. The ambitious programme includes plans for the building of around 10,000 new homes, major improvements to public transport and active travel infrastructure and the creation of job opportunities. We will set out how Liverpool as a Marmot City is deliberately driving a collective focus on ensuring we develop healthy, economically successful, and sustainable communities, including trusting and empowering local people, to turn around the fortunes of communities that have been held back for far too long.