Our Public Health Focus
Areas of Focus
GMPHLG has three areas of focus that we consider our priority areas for action and where we feel we can have most impact. These are:
- The Commercial Determinants of Health
- Fairer Health for All – Health Inequalities
- Housing and Health
In GM, we have a developed a squad approach to addressing our areas of focus, where there are multiple leads from across GMPHLG serving each area of focus, as well as broader support from members of our Senior Public Health Leader’s Network.
Communities of Practice
In GM, we have several Communities of Practice, where established working groups come together to discuss topic areas. These bring together our GMPLHG members as well as members of our Senior Public Health Leaders Network
- Health Protection/Civil EPPR – HP Strategic Confederation
- Sexual Health – Sexual Health Network
- 0 – 19 years – Healthy Child Group
- Tobacco – Tobacco Alliance
- Intelligence – Public Health Intelligence Network
- Workforce – GM Workforce Group
- Food – GM Food Security Action Network
- Mental Health – Group being established
Areas of Interest
Additionally, GMPHLG has interest in the following topic areas with portfolio leads from the group:
- Poverty
- GM Violence Reduction
- Live Well
- Climate Change
- Migrant Health
- Substance Misuse
- Active Travel