NoSPHN Remote Rural & Island health proofing checklist for PH SSR v201216
A remote, rural and island checklist (aide memoire) has been developed to inform discussions, processes and decisions being made at for example:
- A national level eg: Shared Services Reviews; Public Health Strategy development; Public Health Review; public sector reform; national groups developments; and the Island Bill discussions
- Through regional planning and developments eg service redesign
- Locally with eg IJBs and through workforce development.
A number of tools and frameworks exist to support remote, rural and island proofing. The checklist offers excerpts (prompts) from these to guide thinking. They have been adapted in a public health context for two purposes:
- Improving the health of our populations: for generic use when considering policy and service planning developments to ensure we maximise improvements to the health of our remote, rural and island populations understanding the impacts of for example: transport links; weather; compounding issues such as remoteness and isolation; and rural deprivation.
- The organisation and delivery of public health services / the public health workforce: for example the effects on skills development and capacity building; models of delivery; resilience and sustainability and the need for remote and rural focussed skills.
Colleagues are encouraged to use the checklist – if we can be of any support in using the checklists please do not hesitate to contact the NoSPHN team.