16 September 2010 Strategy 2010 2015 Mark Dickinson

16 September 2010 Strategy 2010 - 2015 Mark Dickinson, Director Planning and Performance

Presentation • Background and context • Draft vision, mission, values, strategic objectives and ways of working • Questions Mark Dickinson, Director Planning and Performance

Project aim To produce a short strategic document which guides the work of the whole organisation over the next five years. Mark Dickinson, Director Planning and Performance

Context • Over the next five years, public services are going to have to be delivered with 20 per cent less resource • We are all going to have to do things differently and focus more clearly on what really matters • In the context of the NHS, how can we prevent people from falling ill and how can we keep them out of hospital? Mark Dickinson, Director Planning and Performance

Timelines • July/August: staff and stakeholder discussions • 9 August: update to Board and informal discussions • September: draft published for comment • 16 September: discussions at AGM • 4 October: agreement by the Board • 6 October: launch at staff conference Mark Dickinson, Director Planning and Performance

Engagement (1) • Staff focus group agreed an interim mission and values to guide the naming and branding strategy • A number of informal Board discussions • In depth interviews with Board members and Interim Senior Management Team • Partnership Forum discussion • National Forum discussion Mark Dickinson, Director Planning and Performance

Engagement (2) • Team meeting discussions • 8 facilitated meetings attended by more than 150 staff • Numerous meetings with stakeholders • Comments on web forum and via website Mark Dickinson, Director Planning and Performance

Engagement report • What you said • Commentary • Draft conclusions Mark Dickinson, Director Planning and Performance

Draft vision Everything we do will be to achieve a healthier, happier and fairer Wales. This is a vision we share with our stakeholders. We can only achieve it by working together. Mark Dickinson, Director Planning and Performance

Draft mission Our purpose is to give people power to protect and improve health and wellbeing and reduce inequities by informing, advising and speaking up for them. Mark Dickinson, Director Planning and Performance

Draft values We aim to lead by example. In all our actions, whether with colleagues, stakeholders or partners, we will seek to be professional, persuasive, open, reflective and responsive. Mark Dickinson, Director Planning and Performance

Draft strategic objectives (1) • Improve health and reduce inequities by addressing the social and economic factors which determine people’s health • Prevent disease and ill health by reducing the risks in people’s behaviour • Improve the quality and effectiveness of healthcare services Mark Dickinson, Director Planning and Performance

Draft strategic objectives (2) • Protect the population from infectious disease and environmental hazards and respond effectively to the public health aspects of emergencies • Reduce illness and death through the management and development of evidence based screening programmes • Establish Public Health Wales as a cohesive, effective and sustainable organisation which leads by example Mark Dickinson, Director Planning and Performance

Draft ways of working (1) • Working innovatively, systematically, effectively and on the basis of evidence to achieve measurable outcomes • Empowering people, communities and agencies • Building and maintaining strong and effective partnerships with other agencies and the public • Influencing government policy Mark Dickinson, Director Planning and Performance

Draft ways of working (2) • Providing health intelligence to guide and underpin public health action • Working with academics to improve the evidence base for taking public health action • Developing information systems which promote more effective working Mark Dickinson, Director Planning and Performance

Questions (1) • Can staff sign up and relate to the strategy? • Does the strategy give stakeholders a clear idea of what Public Health Wales is for and what we are trying to achieve? Mark Dickinson, Director Planning and Performance

Questions (2) • Do you accept the rationale for not including the word ‘leadership’ in the mission? • Do you accept the rationale for using the word ‘expert’ rather than ‘specialist’? • Do you accept the rationale for using the word ‘inequities’ rather than ‘inequalities’? Mark Dickinson, Director Planning and Performance

Questions (3) • Does the strategy describe our advocacy role clearly? • Does the strategy give the right emphasis to collaboration, particularly with local government? • How should we measure progress against the strategy? Mark Dickinson, Director Planning and Performance

Next steps • • Informal discussions by the Board Synthesis of comments on draft strategy 4 October: agreement by the Board 6 October: launch at staff conference Mark Dickinson, Director Planning and Performance