Welcome to our August bulletin

This edition has links to the recently published Dementia JSNA, Post-16 Education update and latest local population report from our Local Insight tool amongst a whole host of other informative content.

As ever feel free to share far and wide with the bulletin having the usual mix of local content, broader information and a whole host of ideas for you to explore.

Keep your ideas and thoughts coming in as your feedback is vital for providing information to you in the future.

Kind regards,
John, JSNA Lead, Wirral Intelligence Service
johnhighton@wirral.gov.uk | Wirral Intelligence Service website

• Refreshed and updated Dementia JSNA section
• Post-16 Participation in Employment, Education, Training & Skills Development
• Local Health tool now published by Public Health England
• Just published Wirral Local Insight report for August
• Wirral's Local Plan: shaping the borough for the next 15 years
• Evaluation of the Reducing the Strength initiative in Wirral (Full Report)
• All our website news stories up to end of August

• We have published 12 editions of our Wirral Compendium of Statistics - see them all
• Our website hosts collated equality, diversity & protected characteristics information
• About Wirral Neighbourhoods and Placed Based Care? check this out... 

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• New call for 'calorie tax' on foods high in sugar and fat
• Closing the gap of health inequalities
• 'More than 1 million' trips on cycle superhighway
• Middle-aged generation most likely to die by suicide and drug poisoning
• Children’s lack of sleep 'more harmful than social media use'
• Fears of public health emergency as drug deaths hit record levels
• Pharmacists must be integrated into diabetes care
• Obesity should be recognised as a disease, medical experts say
• NHS health information available through Amazon's Alexa
• Smoking must be stamped out in the UK within 11 years, says ambitious new Government plan
• Healthy lifestyle may cut risk of dementia regardless of genes
• Welfare failures and cuts fuelling extreme poverty, MPs say
• Pollution warning over car tyre and brake dust
• Government announces £135 million investment in health research
• Sugar in fruit juice may raise risk of cancer, study finds
• Child mental health unit referrals 'up nearly 50%'
• Increased screen time linked to 'greater risk of depression' among young people
• Rough sleepers denied access to healthcare, pushing them into ‘repeat cycles of homelessness’.
• Inappropriate housing for an ageing population could cost NHS ‘£1billion a year by 2041’
• NHS trusts, councils and police to work together to tackle serious crime under new ‘public health duty’
• Campaign encouraging month without social media returns
• Plant-based milks on the rise: A quarter of Britons are drinking them
• Changing order of menu 'tricks customers into choosing healthy options' at fast food restaurants

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Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in these republished articles are those of the original authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Wirral Council and its staff.