New West Sussex Joint local Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2025 to 2030

The strategy was approved and launched by the West Sussex Health and Wellbeing Board yesterday, Thursday, 10 July. This follows an extensive period of evidence gathering, consultation and engagement with a range of partners, stakeholders and the public.

The new strategy sets out West Sussex Health and Wellbeing Board’s overarching plan for improving health and wellbeing for residents and communities and reducing inequalities across the county. The Strategy

With a vision of ‘Improving Lives together in West Sussex’, the strategy focuses on five priority areas and three principles which are central to the delivery of the strategy.  

The five priority areas are: 

• Food and nutrition 
• School readiness 
• Transitioning to adulthood – children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing 
• Tobacco control  
• Health and wellbeing in temporary accommodation 

The three principles are:  

We will: 

• Reduce health inequalities, including tackling the wider determinants of health  
• Build resilient and connected communities, including addressing loneliness and social isolation across the life-course  
• Work in partnership to deliver the strategy 

Next Steps

We now look forward to beginning the implementation and delivery of the strategy.

Please do share the strategy within your organisations and networks. We will shortly be running a public communications campaign to promote the strategy using a range of media including a new animation. We will contact you again when this is ready to ask for your support to share the strategy’s priority areas through your own channels.

If you would like any further information about the strategy please contact Alison Thomson, Public Health Strategy Manager at alison.thomson@westsussex.gov.uk.

This is an exciting time to work together with you all to make a positive difference to our residents and communities’ lives.

Kind regards,

Cllr Bob Lanzer                                                                                       Alison Challenger
Cabinet Member for Public Health and Wellbeing,                      Director of Public Health,
and Chairman, West Sussex Health and Wellbeing Board,       West Sussex County Council
West Sussex County Council

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