Healthy Place Making: Improving Public Health through Planning

Healthy environments support better population health. This webinar will focus on three PHIRST projects that showcase how local governments in England have been working to design and deliver healthier places. These include the development of hybrid and specialist posts across public health and planning departments, and developing guidance for developers on improving the quality of amenity space in new residential developments. The webinar will also include a panel discussion on the implications of this work for policy, practice, and the public. If you would like to submit a question for our panel in advance please email Ann.Fitchett@newcastle.ac.uk

In depth information on the evaluations being discussed can be found on the PHIRST website

• How ‘hybrid’ public health posts in local government support the delivery of healthier places in the Oxford-Cambridge Arc , view evaluation details
• Residential Amenity Space and Place Quality, Supplementary Planning Document at Brent Council, view evaluation details
• Building and facilitating system capability to create healthy environments in East Sussex and Southampton, view evaluation details

Confirmed panel members include:

• Adam Briggs, Director of the NIHR Public Health Research Programme and Deputy Director of Public Health at Oxfordshire City Council
• Andrew Charlesworth-May, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
• Riham Lofti, Public Partner, Residential Amenity Space and Place Quality, Supplementary Planning Document at Brent Council
• Andrew Netherton, Programme Manager (Housing, Planning and Environments for Health), Directorate for Prevention and the Public Health System, Office for Health Improvement and Disparities