Our Health, Our Lambeth Lambeth Together health and care plan 2023-28
Our aspirations and outcomes
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The priorities that we aim to achieve over the next five years are outlined in our Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2023-28; ensuring the best start in life, supporting people to lead healthy lives and have good physical and mental wellbeing and supporting communities to flourish and build their resilience. Lambeth Together has committed to contribute to delivering on these priorities and Our Health, Our Lambeth sets out how we will do that.
Our aspirations
1) People lead healthy lives and have good physical and emotional health and wellbeing for as long as possible
Outcomes:
People maintain positive behaviours that keep them healthy
People are connected to communities that enable them to maintain good health
People are immunised against vaccine preventable diseases
People have healthy mental and emotional wellbeing
People have healthy and fulfilling sexual relationships and good reproductive health
2) Physical and mental health conditions are detected early and people are supported and empowered to manage these conditions and avoid complications
Outcomes:
People receive early diagnosis and support for physical health conditions
People who have developed long term health conditions have help to manage their condition and prevent complications
When emotional and mental health issues are identified, the right help, support and diagnosis is offered early and in a timely way
3) People have access to and positive experiences of health and care services that they trust and meet their needs
Outcomes:
People have access to joined-up and holistic health and care delivered in their neighbourhoods
People know where to go to get the right help, and are treated at the right time, in the right place, for their needs
Older adults are provided with the right health and care support at the right time, live healthy and active later lives and are supported to age well
Women have positive experiences of maternal healthcare and there are no disproportionate maternal mortality rates among women
People with learning disabilities and/or autism achieve equal life chances, live as independently as possible and have the right support from health and care services
People using mental health support services can recover and stay well, with the right support, and can participate on equal terms in daily life
People who are homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless, (including rough sleepers and refugees) have improved health
