How and where we live, work and play can have a strong impact on our health and wellbeing. Income, employment, education, housing quality and crime play a role in physical and mental health. Strong social networks can increase resilience and the ability of people to support themselves. Unhealthy behaviours cause 40% of premature mortality and smoking is still the greatest single health risk.
Living Well Priorities
| Priority | Explanation |
|---|---|
| LW1 | Stop all forms of abuse and exploitation, including domestic abuse |
| LW2 | Improve the lives of everyone living with mental illness through raised awareness and more effective support services |
| LW3 | Reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer and stroke through increasing healthy living and reducing smoking and alcohol consumption |
| LW4 | Tackle the number of rough sleepers and the rise of households in temporary accommodation and reduce low quality housing |
| LW5 | Improve the detection and management of long term conditions |
| LW6 | Maximise the use of local organisations including pharmacists to provide more advice and guidance in the community |
| LW7 | Ensure people with autism receive earlier diagnosis, access to higher quality information and more employment opportunities |
| LW8 | Improve support and opportunities for carers |