Be Healthy The Young Southwark partnership is responsible for ensuring children and young people in the borough meet the five Every Child Matters outcomes. The below sets out the agenda for Be Healthy.
What is meant by 'Be Healthy'?
- Physically healthy
- Mentally and emotionally healthy
- Sexually healthy
- Healthy lifestyles
- Choose not to take illegal drugs
- Parents, families and carers promote healthy choices
Priorities for Southwark
- Reduced rates of teenage pregnancy
- Reduced rates of childhood obesity
Other areas for development are
- Improving waiting times across specialist services
- Increasing take up of services by hard to reach groups and redressing health inequalities
- Continuing to improve across performance indicators, particularly in dental health and immunisations
- Working to develop joined up support for children with autistic spectrum disorders
What have we achieved so far?
- Teenage pregnancy reduced by 21.9 per cent against 1998 baseline
- 54 per cent of schools have 'healthy schools' status
- Improved maternal health including an increase in the number of women initiating breastfeeding and improved immunisation rates for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR)
- Improved child and adolescent mental health service access through GPs, children's centres and schools
- Developed a new and comprehensive young people’s drug service
- 85.8 per cent of children 'looked after by a local authority' now with up-to-date health and dental checks
Services on offer supporting children and young people to be healthy
For full papers from our meetings, please contact us at the address below.
Find out more about our work in this area with our 'Be Healthy' case study.
Contact
Young Southwark
Tel: 020 7525 3863
Fax: 020 7525 3777
young.southwark@southwark.gov.uk
Mabel Goldwin House
49 Grange Walk
London
SE1 3DY
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