Jointly accountable to the Strategic Health Authority and the Department of Health, the Directorate’s primary objective is to ensure sustained improvements in the public health and wellbeing of the population in the East Midlands, with specific attention to the needs of disadvantaged and vulnerable people. David Walker is the Director of Public Health.
These are achieved by establishing effective regional partnerships which will support joint work between all regional agencies and stakeholders responsible for health and wellbeing, a situation reflected at local level between local authorities, NHS, business, academic and the voluntary and community sectors.
Key roles for the Directorate are to:
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Provide leadership for collaborative working for health and wellbeing of the population
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Coordinate and assure surveillance and assessment of population health and wellbeing
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Lead and coordinate regional policy and strategy development for health and wellbeing
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Support local implementation of policies and strategies.
The Directorate’s work includes:
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Health Improvement
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Health Protection
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Health Care
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Adult Social Care
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Research and Development
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Regional Partnerships
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Sustainable Development
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Public Health Intelligence
The Public Health Directorate also has lead responsibility for Emergency Planning both for the NHS East Midlands and for NHS organisations across the region.
The Directorate of Public Health East Midlands is located on two sites. One is based at NHS East Midlands, Octavia House and the other within the Department of Health Regional Public Health - which is co-located with the Government Office - is based at the Belgrave Centre. Below is the structure chart for the NHS East Midlands, Octavia House site.
