The Brent Cabinet will be considering a report on the Brent and North West London Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs) on 0ctober 24th, three days after the draft NW London STP is due to be delivered to NHS England.
The Brent STP fits within the NW STP and is meant to consider Brent specific issues which are listed as:
The Brent STP fits within the NW STP and is meant to consider Brent specific issues which are listed as:
The Brent specific health and well-being gaps have been identified as:
o · Common mental health disorders
(CMD): large numbers and projected to increase - in 2014, an estimated 33,959
people aged 18 to 64 years were thought to have a CMD
o · Severe and enduring mental
illness: affects 1.1% of the population
o · Mental well-being: the
percentage of people with depression, mental health issues or other nervous
disorders in employment is 23% also lower than both the England rate (36%)
o · Significant and growing
challenges to provide housing which potentially further undermine mental
wellbeing
o · Childhood obesity: Brent is in
the worst quartile nationally in terms of the % of children aged 10-11
classified as overweight or obese – 38%
o · Diabetes: by 2030 it is
predicted 15% of adults in Brent will have diabetes
o · Long Term Conditions: 20% of people
have a long term condition
o · Dementia: prevalence of
dementia in people aged 65 years and over is 2,225 2016) (and 80% of prevalence
is diagnosed)
o · STIs/HIV: 1,404 STIs per
100,000 population compared to 829 in England
o · Health-related behaviour:
physical inactivity: worst in West London; nutrition: 47% get 5 a day; tobacco
use; alcohol; take up of immunisations
The Brent specific care and quality gaps have been identified as:
o · Caring for an ageing
population: 35% of all emergency admissions in Brent are for those aged 65 and
over; once admitted this group stays in hospital longer, using 55% of all bed
days.
o · End of Life Care: Brent has one
of the highest percentages of deaths taking place in hospital in the country
o · Primary care: wide variation in
clinical performance; Brent is in the worst quartile nationally for patient
experience of GP services.
o · Long Term Condition management:
Brent is in the worst quartile nationally in terms of people with a long-term
condition feeling supported to manage their condition.
o · Cancer: Brent is in the second
lowest quartile nationally in terms of GP referral to treatment for cancer and
worst quartile in terms of cancer patient experience.
o · Serious and long-term mental
health needs: people with serious and long term mental health needs have a life
expectancy 20 years less than the average.
