This annual report provides an overview of progress made by our Improving Population Health Programme in 2019/2020. It describes the achievements of the programme over the past 12 months, including how the work has developed and adapted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to meet people’s needs.
The report is an opportunity to take stock, reflect on current and future population health needs and identify where we are making a positive difference. We use the word population throughout this report to describe the people living in West Yorkshire and Harrogate, in the six local places which make up the area (Bradford district and Craven; Calderdale, Harrogate, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield).
The programme was established in June 2019 to provide a route for working together to improve population health. Looking at the health and wellbeing of the 2.7 million people who live in West Yorkshire and Harrogate together gives us an opportunity to consider what partners can do to contribute to people leading healthy lives.