Aberdeenshire Wellbeing Network - About Us

Public Health Team Contacts

At the operational level, the Aberdeenshire CHP Public Health Team is the team of staff who work across the NHS and in partnership with other organisations and local communities to improve the health and wellbeing of the Aberdeenshire population and to reduce inequalities. 

Aberdeen Community Planning Partnership (CPP)

Health and wellbeing is everyone's business.  Partnership working across agencies and the voluntary sector is key to addressing health inequalities and the wider factors contributing to them.  Together we form Aberdeenshire's Health and Wellbeing Network and work under the umbrella Aberdeenshire's Community Planning Partnership.

The Community Planning Partnership has five themes: Community Wellbeing, Lifelong Learning, Jobs and the Economy, and Sustainable Environment. To achieve the best quality of life for everyone in Aberdeenshire, the partnership has agreed a number of shared outcomes to be delivered for residents. A range of priority local outcomes and indicators within community wellbeing, to improve health and reduce inequalities in health, have been agreed and are detailed within the Aberdeenshire Single Outcome Agreement of the CPP.

The Aberdeenshire Health Improvement Group is a multi-agency strategic group which oversees and agrees action in Aberdeenshire to improve health and wellbeing and reduce inequalities in health. The Health Improvement Group reports to the CHP Performance Group and CHP Committee.

The document 'A Guide to Improving Health and Reducing Inequalities in Aberdeenshire 2011-2015' is now available.  In summary the guidance:

• Outlines the strategic and local context for health improvement, e.g. Equally Well; Grampian Health Plan 2010-2013, Aberdeenshire Single Outcome Agreement and Community Plan 2011- 2015 and provides links to Local Community Plans.
• Details the guiding principles for health improvement activity and a profile of Aberdeenshire e.g. demography, health data and rural deprivation and isolation.
• Drills down to the current seven health improvement priorities in Aberdeenshire, these are: Reducing Inequalities in Health; Early Years; Mental Health and Wellbeing; Tobacco; Alcohol and other Drugs; Healthy Eating Active Living; Building Capacity.
• Provides evidence for each priority and highlights why we are focussing our efforts on working in partnership to address the causes and consequences of health inequalities across Aberdeenshire.
• Informs on how and whom we report on progress of health improvement projects and towards targets.