Across the North East and North Cumbria there is a strong network of public health specialists who work collaboratively to address the health inequalities that exist in our region. It is only by working collectively, drawing on the knowledge and skills that exists across the region that we can make the difference to people's lives.
Our public health community
There are three priority areas, each of these have specific work programmes.
Prevention
Treating tobacco dependency
Reducing alcohol harm
Healthier weight and treating obesity
CVD Prevention
Prevention in maternity
Healthcare inequalities
Core20PLUS5 – adults
Core20PLUS5 – children and young people
Waiting well
Supporting people with multiple and complex needs
Social economic disparities
Anchor Network
Poverty proofing (clinical pathways)
Digital inclusion
Health literacy
We use data and evidence to identify our priorities where we can have the biggest improvements in population health. Our public health colleagues work collectively to support the delivery of the priorities at place and across the region. There is a commitment to utilise the public health expertise and share learning in order to avoid duplication and to scale up activity across the region where required.
The table below shows how we are working together on our priorities and supporting work programmes.
| Network | DPH/LA Consultants | PH FT Consultants | OHID | UKHSA | Chairs |
| Integrated Care Board (ICB) | Tom Hall / Colin Cox | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Healthier & Fairer Sub-Committee | Co-Chair: Amanda Healy | Edward Kunonga | Claire Sullivan | Chairs: Dr Neil O’Brien / Amanda Healy (DPH) | |
| Prevention | Co-Chair: Alice Wiseman | Esther Mireku | Claire Mathews | Chairs: Dr Guy Pilkington/Alice Wiseman (DPH) | |
| - Alcohol | Alice Wiseman/ Tanja Braun (CPH) | Ryan Swiers | Claire Sullivan/Michelle Mancini | ||
| - Tobacco Dependency | Amanda Healy / Alice Wiseman | Balsam Ahmed / Leslie Jones | David Gardiner | ||
| - Healthier weight & treating Obesity | Craig Blundred | Claire Mathews | |||
| - CVD network / Hypertension | Wendy Burke | Claire Mathews | |||
| HealthCare Inequalities (including Core20PLUS5) | Co-Chair Gerry Taylor | Edward Kunonga | Sarah Sowden | Chairs: Dr Robin Hudson/Co-Chair Gerry Taylor | |
| C20 + 5 CYP | Wendy Burke | David Gardiner | |||
| C20 + 5 | |||||
| - Deep End | Alice Wiseman | Edward Kunonga | Sarah Sowden | ||
| - Plus Programme | |||||
| - Waiting Well | |||||
| NHS support to broader social economic disparities | Co-Chair: Mark Adams | Edward Kunonga | Claire Sullivan/Becky James | Chair: Dr Dominic Slowie/Mark Adams (DPH) | |
| - Anchor network | |||||
| - Poverty Proofing (clinical pathways) | |||||
| - Digital Inclusion | |||||
| - Health Literacy | |||||
| Population Health Management: coding | Tom Hall | Chair: Edward Kunonga Ryan Swiers / Balsam Ahmed / Esther Mireku |
Mia Moilanen / Leon Green | Chair: Prof Edward Kunonga | |
| CABA: Healthier Communities & Community Connectors Network | Becky James | Chair - Jane Hartley VONNE | |||
| Workforce Development: Health Inequalities Academy | Chair: Hamid Motraghi, Director of Equity and Inclusion | ||||
| - Public Health Prevention in Maternity | Wendy Burke | David Gardiner | |||
| Cancer Alliance | |||||
| ICS Mental Health | Wendy Burke/Glen Wilson (CPH) | Edward Kunonga /Catherine Parker | Glyn Smith | ||
| ICS Workforce - Integrated Care People Committee | Gill O’Neill | Jill Harland (ICS MECC lead) | Claire Sullivan | ||
| Child Health and Wellbeing Network | Wendy Burke/ Lorraine Hughes (CPH) | David Gardiner | |||
| Public Health Oversight Group | Gerry Taylor | N/A | |||
| Emergency Preparedness, Resilience, and Response (EPRR) – Local Health Resilience Partnership | Amanda Healy, Sarah Bowman-Abouna | N/A | Emmanuel Okpo | ||
| NENC Flu and COVID-19 Vaccination Board | Colin Cox | ||||
| NENC SVOC Lead Directors Meeting (NEW) | Colin Cox | ||||
| NE Care Home Group (Strategic group) | Amanda Healy/Jim Brown (LA CPH) | ||||
| NENC Care Sector Health Protection Group | Chair - Jim Brown | Rachael Kain |
The table below shows the Directors of Public Health and the team lead in each local authority and the leads within NHS foundation trusts.
| Association of Directors of Public Health North East | |
| Amanda Healy - Chair | Durham County Council |
| Mark Adams – Vice Chair | Middlesbrough Borough Council* |
| Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council* | |
| Penny Spring | Darlington Borough Council |
| Alice Wiseman | Gateshead Council |
| Craig Blundred | Hartlepool Borough Council |
| Lorna Smith | Newcastle City Council |
| Wendy Burke | North Tyneside Council |
| Gill O’Neill | Northumberland County Council |
| Tom Hall | South Tyneside Council |
| Sarah Bowman-Abouna | Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council |
| Gerry Taylor | Sunderland City Council |
| Colin Cox | Cumberland – ADPH North West |
| Westmorland & Furness – ADPH North West | |
| Peter Kelly | NHSE/I |
| OHID | |
| Claire Sullivan | OHID |
| Emmanuel Okpo | UKHSA |
| Local Authority Public Health teams | |
| Tanja Braun | Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council |
| Lorraine Hughes | Sunderland City Council |
| Louise Darby | Sunderland City Council |
| Jim Brown | Northumberland County Council |
| Dave Turnbull | Northumberland County Council |
| Glen Wilson | Durham County Council |
| Julia Bates | Durham County Council |
| Durham County Council | |
| Michelle Stamp | Newcastle City Council |
| Rachael Hope | Newcastle City Council |
| Andy Graham | Gateshead Council |
| Ed O’Malley | Gateshead Council |
| Behnam Khazaeli | North Tyneside Council |
| Chris Woodcock | North Tyneside Council |
| NHS Foundation Trusts | |
| Edward Kunonga | Director of Transformation and Population Health Management | NECS - A care system support organisation Director of Population Health Management | NHS North East and North Cumbria – Integrated Care Board |
| Leslie Jones | North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust |
| Harland Jill | Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Balsam Ahmad | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Ryan Swiers | South Tyneside & Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust |
| Catherine Parker | Tees, Esk & Wear Valley Mental Health Trust |
| Esther Mireku | North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust |
| Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust** | |
| Gateshead health NHS Foundation Trust** | |
| South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust** | |
| *joint appointment | |
| **No CPH at present time | |
