Public Health

  • Healthy Child Programme

    1a) How many children in your local authority area were eligible for contacts under the mandated Healthy Child Programme over the last two years (April 1 to March 31, 2017-18 & 2018-19) Please use the grid below to tell us … Continue reading →

  • Sexual health postal testing kits

    I would like to know: (1) the amount spent in pounds sterling on sexual health postal testing kits (which are sent through the post to a person’s home and then returned by them for analysis) in the past three financial … Continue reading →

  • Healthier Devon Diabetes Prevention

    In connection with a research project on which I am engaged, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would be grateful, please, for information on the Social Impact Bond, which is funded by Bridges Fund Management and the National … Continue reading →

  • Drug and alcohol Treatment Public Health Budget

    “From your allocated Public Health budget, how much do you propose to spend on the following areas of drug and alcohol treatment in 2019/20:- 1. Residential rehabilitation budget (tier4) – £100,000 for 2019-20 2. Residential detoxification budget (tier 4) This … Continue reading →

  • Secondary school absences

    The number of days where schoolchildren have been absent from Secondary Schools across Devon due to sickness or illness in the academic years of 2016 to 2017 and 2017 to 2018. 2016-2017 – 26,720 2017-2018 – 23,367.5 The figures listed … Continue reading →

  • Health Visitor Employment

    1. On 1st February 2019 who provided/employed the health visitors commissioned by your local authority? Virgin Care Ltd 2. On 1st February 2019 how many whole time equivalent health visitors were employed by that organisation? 62.4 whole time equivalent, not … Continue reading →

  • Sexual health provision in schools

    For the purposes of this FOI young people refers to young people under 19. Local Authority provision of Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) services. 1. Please confirm or deny if the LA provides the following services in secondary schools (for … Continue reading →

  • Social prescribing commissioning

    Please can you email me what your Organisation is doing about planning, commissioning and operationalisation of social prescription. Please refer to the report linked to Social Prescribing Executive Summary  This report was intended as a discussion paper with recommendations. We have … Continue reading →

  • Public health director expenses

    Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act please could you release the following information in relation to your director of public health. Please can you provide me details of their expenses claimed over the past two years including … Continue reading →

  • Alcohol Treatment Services

    Can the Local Authority’s Director of Public Health provide an estimate for the number of referrals made to alcohol treatment services in your local authority area for the following financial years? a) 2015/16 b) 2016/17 c) 2017/18 Please see the … Continue reading →