Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2023-2030

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The Oxfordshire Health and Wellbeing Strategy (2024-2030) was developed through engagement with over 1,000 Oxfordshire residents. Throughout summer 2023 Healthwatch Oxfordshire and Oxfordshire County Council listened to your views on health priorities, including 11 focus groups with underserved communities.

In October and November 2023 we asked for feedback on the draft strategy to make sure that it reflected your needs and priorities. 435 people and groups responded to the survey, helping to shape the final strategy.

You said:

  • Mental health is really important in every stage of life
  • The cost of living is a big challenge that’s having a real impact on people’s physical and mental wellbeing.
  • You want more and equal access to green spaces and nature, and better transport, housing and air quality.
  • You value social relationships and interaction to keep you well and independent in older age.
  • You are finding it difficult to access healthcare.
  • You recognise the personal choices people make when it comes to health and wellbeing, as well as the need for society to shape the environments we live in to make being healthy the easier option. 
  • More needs to be done to support children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). 
  • You want the Health and Wellbeing Strategy to connect with other work, to inform action to improve the health and wellbeing of the residents of Oxfordshire. 

We did:

 

  • Included mental health as a priority for people of all ages. The strategy also looks at many of the thing you told us cause poor mental health, such as the cost of living and poor housing.
  • Prioritised financial wellbeing and healthy jobs, and emphasised the need for more support for people struggling with the cost of living.
  • Focussed on the foundations of good health and wellbeing such as:
  1. access to nature
  2. healthy homes
  3. financial wellbeing and good jobs
  4. social connection
  5. air quality
  6. physical activity
  • Included information about how to access healthcare services provided by different NHS organisations.  
  • Made thriving communities a priority, to Oxfordshire’s diverse and vibrant communities to support better health and wellbeing for people across the county.
  • Highlighted the need to improve support services for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) via the co-produced SEND priority action plan.
  • Explained how this new Health and Wellbeing Strategy links with other work to help it achieve its aims.

 

Next steps:

 

The final version of the Health and Wellbeing Strategy was approved by the Health and Wellbeing Board on 7 December 2023. You can read it on our website.

Planning delivering of the strategy is now underway, and we will agree a clear delivery plan and framework for measuring progress at our next Health and Wellbeing Board meeting in March 2024.


You can find detailed information about the initial consultation on the Let's Talk Oxfordshire page.

The Oxfordshire Health and Wellbeing Strategy (2024-2030) was developed through engagement with over 1,000 Oxfordshire residents. Throughout summer 2023 Healthwatch Oxfordshire and Oxfordshire County Council listened to your views on health priorities, including 11 focus groups with underserved communities.

In October and November 2023 we asked for feedback on the draft strategy to make sure that it reflected your needs and priorities. 435 people and groups responded to the survey, helping to shape the final strategy.

You said:

  • Mental health is really important in every stage of life
  • The cost of living is a big challenge that’s having a real impact on people’s physical and mental wellbeing.
  • You want more and equal access to green spaces and nature, and better transport, housing and air quality.
  • You value social relationships and interaction to keep you well and independent in older age.
  • You are finding it difficult to access healthcare.
  • You recognise the personal choices people make when it comes to health and wellbeing, as well as the need for society to shape the environments we live in to make being healthy the easier option. 
  • More needs to be done to support children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). 
  • You want the Health and Wellbeing Strategy to connect with other work, to inform action to improve the health and wellbeing of the residents of Oxfordshire. 

We did:

 

  • Included mental health as a priority for people of all ages. The strategy also looks at many of the thing you told us cause poor mental health, such as the cost of living and poor housing.
  • Prioritised financial wellbeing and healthy jobs, and emphasised the need for more support for people struggling with the cost of living.
  • Focussed on the foundations of good health and wellbeing such as:
  1. access to nature
  2. healthy homes
  3. financial wellbeing and good jobs
  4. social connection
  5. air quality
  6. physical activity
  • Included information about how to access healthcare services provided by different NHS organisations.  
  • Made thriving communities a priority, to Oxfordshire’s diverse and vibrant communities to support better health and wellbeing for people across the county.
  • Highlighted the need to improve support services for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) via the co-produced SEND priority action plan.
  • Explained how this new Health and Wellbeing Strategy links with other work to help it achieve its aims.

 

Next steps:

 

The final version of the Health and Wellbeing Strategy was approved by the Health and Wellbeing Board on 7 December 2023. You can read it on our website.

Planning delivering of the strategy is now underway, and we will agree a clear delivery plan and framework for measuring progress at our next Health and Wellbeing Board meeting in March 2024.


You can find detailed information about the initial consultation on the Let's Talk Oxfordshire page.