A new Director of Public Health has been announced for Plymouth City Council.
Dr Ruth Harrell, who was previously acting as interim Director, has now been confirmed as the new Director.
Ruth has worked in Plymouth as a Consultant in Public Health for two and a half years, leading on disease prevention and health protection, before she was appointed as Interim Director of Public...
This year’s Annual Public Health Report shows that Devon is facing many challenges such as population growth, ageing, poverty, housing quality and affordability.
In Devon the health of the public is generally very good, both in terms of national comparisons and with similar geographic areas, as indicated by the Devon Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA), there are areas of concern...
Plymouth City Council's Leader is urging the Government to make sure the city is not further disadvantaged by proposed cuts to Public Health funding.
Councillor Tudor Evans, Leader of Plymouth City Council, has written to both Chancellor George Osborne and Jane Ellison, Parliamentary Under-Secretary, to ask them to rethink plans to cut £200m from public health budgets nationally across...
Plymouth councillors have reacted angrily to news that the city’s funding for public health has been frozen by the Government despite years of underfunding.
Plymouth currently receives significantly less funding per resident than most of other cities of a similar size with similar Public Health Outcomes Framework indicators, being allocated only £47 per head public health funding...
Kelechi Nnoaham has taken up his role of Director of Public Health at Plymouth City Council this week and is eager to get to grips with the challenges that lay ahead.
Councillor Sue McDonald, Cabinet Member for Public Health and Adult Social Care, extended a warm welcome to Kelechi who has taken over from Stephen Horsley, who has been the interim Director of Public Health since the...
Recruit a night time economy manager and increase specialist services to support dependent drinkers are some of the recommendations being made for the city's draft Alcohol Strategy.
A Task and Finish Group has been reviewing the draft strategy and will present the recommendations at the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board on Wednesday 8 May 2013. The strategy aims to promote...
Plymouth City Council's Public Health Team is calling on all parents to make sure their children have had the measles vaccination following the outbreak in Wales.
Kevin Elliston, acting Director for Public Health said: “While there have been no confirmed cases of measles in the city in the last 12 months, we must not be complacent. I’d urge all parents to make sure their children get...
On 1 April 2013 the way public health in Plymouth is delivered and organised will officially change.
Responsibility for the health of Plymouth’s communities will formally transfer from the NHS to Plymouth City Council as a result of the Health and Social Care Act 2012. The council will have overall responsibility for services including;
