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Deprivation and Health Inequalities in South Wiltshire in 2004

Description A description of deprivation in South Wiltshire to help the NHS target services, and for use by partner agencies such as the social services and police.
Setting South Wiltshire
Populationting Disadvantaged People
Intervention summary Displaying information in maps and graphs from the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) for South Wiltshire.
Outcome Summary New areas of deprivation have been identified. Partner agencies such as the social services and police are using the report. The NHS is using it to target services.
Startup Cost £2000
Running Cost Needs repeating with each new version of the IMD which is scheduled to appear in 2008.
Funding Wiltshire Primary Care Trust
Started June 2005
Ended November 2005
Location Wiltshire, England
Contact
  • Name: Philip Milner
  • Address: Philip Milner Public Health Consultancies Limited, Clarendon House, Prospect Place, Beechen Cliff, Bath, BA2 4QP
  • Telephone: 01225 310152
  • Email: pcmilner@doctors.org.uk

    • Background

    A description of deprivation in South Wiltshire

    What is the problem you are trying to solve?

    We aim to provide information about deprivation which is easy to use and visualise, to help the NHS target services and for use by partner agencies such as the social services and police.

    What local organisations are involved?

    South Wiltshire Primary Care Trust (PCT) runs the project with information analyses provided by Swindon PCT.

    How many people are running this project and who are they?

    It is run by the acting joint Director of Public Health for South Wiltshire PCT.

    What local population are you targeting?

    Disadvantaged people

    How many people are you targeting?

    5000

    Interventions

    What interventions are you using to address the problem?

    Displaying information in maps and graphs from the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) for South Wiltshire

    Is the project design based on evidence? If so, please state reference.

    No.

    Outcome

    What outcomes or planned outcomes are you measuring?

    Areas and issues of disadvantage are displayed as maps and graphs using the IMD for South Wiltshire.

    Do you have any outcomes or results yet? If so, what are they?

    Rural access to services is the biggest issue of disadvantage locally. New areas of deprivation have been identified. Partner agencies such as the social services and police are using the report. The NHS is using it to target services.

    Is your project relevant to a government target or guideline?

    No.

    Feedback

    What obstacles did you have to overcome to set up this project?

    There was no dedicated information analyst for public health. There had been no previous report on inequalities statistics locally.

    What have you learned about the project so far?

    The project has been very well received by different agencies.

    What would you do differently?

    I would have visited the various stakeholder groups and presented it to them.