Organisation:
Eastern Investing for Health Partnership – North Down/Ards

Description:
The approach undertaken within the Eastern area to progress planning and delivery on the Investing for Health (IfH) agenda has been to locate an IfH manager within four geographical areas, including North Down and Ards, and to encourage locally relevant intersectoral action planning and delivery. This locality approach ensures an overall programme of action based on local need and the headings of the seven IFH objectives. A locality Health Improvement Plan is generated and monitored on an annual basis and implementation of the plan is supported by the resourcefulness and willingness of organisations to come around tables to prioritise and deliver.

Contact name: Lorraine Lindsay

Address:
Investing for Health Department
c/o Ards Hospital
Church Street
Newtownards

Postcode: BT23 4AS

Tel: (028) 9151 0199

Fax: (028) 9182 0140

Email: llindsay@wellnet-ni.com

Website: www.wellnet-ni.com

Sector (statutory, voluntary, community, other): Statutory

Area of interest/expertise:
Mental health/suicide prevention/health and wellbeing indicators

Mission statement:
The purpose of the Eastern Investing for Health Partnership (EIFHP) is to identify opportunities for improving health and wellbeing and to address health improvement through a wider determinants approach. The EIFHP produces cross-sectoral health improvement plans to address the identified health and wellbeing needs of the local population based on the strategic aims and objectives of IFH.